I think that fans are always looking for someone to blame. Wouldn't it be nice if they looked in the mirror?

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.

You read these thingsAnd you ask the world, Why doesn’t it happen To someone like you?Deep in your heart, You knew the answer:It’s because you don’t let it.

I love the beauty of nature.

Americans bred like rabbits, expecting the reaper to slaughter at least a few before they reached ripeness.

President Ford used humor a great deal.

With too much quickness ever to be taught; With too much thinking to have common thought.

I gave him a kick and he stepped back onto the third rail. Exploding, flaming eraser! This is why moms tell you to stay away from the third rail, but it sure came in handy this time.

Screw State! State's always on the side of the blacks. The hell with them!

We are equally glad and surprised at Winston's return to office. It shows that he was built for success that he should have declined to withdraw and sulk over a superficial failure.

I think I was born with a suitcase.

I am willing to bet that there are some Puerto Ricans who don’t know about [their status].