Reason is the hero who breaks the chains of our prejudice, saving us from the prison of our comfortable acquiescence in the way of the world.

Teenage girls read in packs. It's true today, and it was true when I was a teen growing up in a small town in northeast Oklahoma.

If wishes were horses, beggars might ride.

Violent men have not been known in history to die to a man. They die up to a point.

I'm not myself religious but have no wish to insult or denigrate those who are.

Machine intelligence of a human nature could be a century away, and immortality is at least a millennium away, if not unattainable altogether.

Unfortunately, I don't train enough on an everyday basis to be a black belt, but if I put my mind to it I think I could definitely move very quickly in that world.

You do what you have to do to get through today, and that puts you in the best place tomorrow.

Loss avoidance must be the cornerstone of your investment philosophy.

Americans are generally very self-sufficient and I think generally averse to pretension, just as I am.

Consider what you think justice requires, and decide accordingly. But never give your reasons; for your judgment will probably be right, but your reasons will certainly be wrong.