I'd say part of the appeal of Trump is that he's presenting himself as a totally certain, infallible person.

Baseball is this intense subculture that actually doesn't speak very much for the larger culture.

The pleasure of rooting for Goliath is that you can expect to win. The pleasure of rooting for David is that, while you don’t know what to expect, you stand at least a chance of being inspired.

As idiotic as optimism can sometimes seem, it has a weird habit of paying off.

When you're trying to create a career as a writer, a little delusional thinking goes a long way.

In Japan, mothers insist on achievement and accomplishment as a sign of love and respect. Thus to fail places children in a highly shamed situation.

A banking system is an act of faith: it survives only for as long as people believe it will.

Above all, recognize that if you have had success, you have also had luck — and with luck comes obligation. You owe a debt, and not just to your Gods. You owe a debt to the unlucky.

A credit default swap was confusing mainly because it wasn't really a swap at all. It was an insurance policy, typically on a corporate bond, with semiannual premium payments and a fixed term.

One absolutely cannot tell, by watching, the difference between a .300 hitter and a .275 hitter. The difference is one hit every two weeks.

People don't like uncertainty, and their minds are tools for making sense of the world, even when the world is senseless.

Tell the truth. It's your duty to do so. It's up to them how they take in the information. Keep it real.

To be happy, follow the heart not the thoughts.

There are as many forms of happiness as sorrow, though most prove fleeting.

With any kind of sci-fi, the imagination continues, and the world exists, and you create that in your own mind, and it lives in you.

You must see yourself as guardian, somebody who will preserve what is true and pass it on. Be a guardian. We don't need militants or revolutionaries. We need guardians. We need leaders.

I'm a human being. I'm not perfect.

Faithfulness is not doing something right once but doing something right over and over and over and over.

The Irish are the damnedest race. They put so much emphasis on so many wrong things.

A deadness occurs in relationships when people are no longer willing to tell each other how they really feel.

Me howling blasts drive devious, tempest-tossed, / Sails ripped, seams opening wide, and compass lost.