Markets look a lot less efficient from the banks of the Hudsonthan the banks of the Charles.

In the end, a theory is accepted not because it is confirmed by conventional empirical tests, but because researchers persuade one another that the theory is correct and relevant.

One of the things I like about doing science, the thing that is the most fun, is coming up with something that seems ridiculous when you first hear it but finally seems obvious when you're finished.

In the real world of research, conventional tests of [statistical] significance seem almost worthless.

We’re all ridiculous… all of us. It’s as though we use a lit torch to search for light. You are enough. Know this and proceed through life accordingly.

Watching dance isn't about picking up moves. It's about noting the relationships between motion and space and rhythm to absorb a greater concept

Over futile odds, and laughed at by the gods And now the final frame. Love is a losing game.

Let's make two things clear: Isil is not "Islamic." No religion condones the killing of innocents, and the vast majority of Isil's victims have been Muslim. And Isil is certainly not a state.

You can have no idea, if you have not tried, how difficult it is to find out anything whatever from an encyclopedia, unless you know all about it already.

God is not an encyclopedia whose task is to satisfy our curiosity.

Football is simple. You are in time or too late. When you are too late, you should start sooner.

Truth isn’t in accounts but in account-books.

If you knew that you only had one day to live, what would you think about-your car or favorite pair of shoes or would it be the more everyday joys that occupy your mind?

Rock Hudson wasn't my type. He's a great guy and had a great sense of humor.