Like Adam, formed from clay, children are formed from the biological material of which they are made or by the hands of their parents.

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.

God is infinitely beautiful in himself, and his beauty ought to attract you like a magnet to him.

God you are the only legend of love and truth that we all long for. Thank you Lord.

It's where we go and what we do when we get there that tells us who we are.

The nation that leads the clean energy economy will be the nation that leads the global economy.

Every player has the option to have metal spikes or other spikes or whatever they feel most comfortable in.

I am a girl, so I never looked at my dad's body and thought that's what I need to look like.

Not only is music a beautiful and sublime science, the study of which ennobles and purifies the mind of its votary, but how many and excellent are its ministries to others!

We're partners." "Huh?" "We. Are. Partners.

Tenacious people don't rely on luck, fate, or destiny for their success. And when conditions become difficult, they keep working.

I've been very fortunate and I am grateful.