I think synergies are a lot like UFOs: Lots of people claim to have seen them, but few can actually prove they exist.

Home ownership was the fig leaf for the rise in subprime lending. But that was really about cash-out refinancings, not buying homes.

Building a portfolio around index funds isn’t really settling for the average. It’s just refusing to believe in magic.

No city embraced privatization more eagerly than Chicago, where I live.

Going to work every day was like my hair was on fire and all I had to put it out was a hammer.

Science is a trigger of changes of civilization. Religion is the failsafe of science performance.

Like war, love - all kinds of love - is for men who can take it. If they dare.

As a writer, you live in such isolation. It's hard to imagine your book has a life beyond you.

What is more basic than the need to be known? It is the entirety of intimacy, the elixir of love, this knowing.

Lift up your hearts, my brothers, high, higher! And don't forget about your legs either! Lift up your legs as well, you good dancers, and better yet--stand also on your heads!

Not everything you do is going to be a masterpiece, but you get art there and you try and sometimes it really happens. The other times you’re just stretching your soul.

What went wrong? Nothing and everything.

We keep hearing how “qualified” Hillary Clinton is to be president. I think it’s kind of like if somebody has to deny they’re a prostitute, then there must be some doubt about it.

That's why writers write—to say things loudly with ink. To give feet to thoughts; to make quiet, still feelings loudly heard.

Some businesses offer such a lousy customer experience that they are prime candidates for competition from Internet based stores.