Shakespeare's plays often turn on the idea of fate, as much drama does. What makes them so tragic is the gap between what his characters might like to accomplish and what fate provides them.

There's always the risk that there are unknown unknowns.

Almost everyone's instinct is to be overconfident and read way too much into a hot or cold streak.

We're not that much smarter than we used to be, even though we have much more information - and that means the real skill now is learning how to pick out the useful information from all this noise.

New ideas are sometimes found in the most granular details of a problem where few others bother to look.

We must become more comfortable with probability and uncertainty.

Success makes you less intimidated by things.

The quest for certainty in forecasting outcomes can be the enemy of progress.

When human judgment and big data intersect there are some funny things that happen

Data scientist is just a sexed up word for statistician.

On average, people should be more skeptical when they see numbers. They should be more willing to play around with the data themselves.

If men do not now succeed in abolishing war, civilization and mankind are doomed.

The difference between God and the Devil, is that God creates and organizes, while the whole study of the Devil is to convince children that light meat tastes good.

Heaven is not like flying or swimming, but has something to do with blackness and a strong glare.

Every one of the world's dictatorships can and does claim to be acting in the name of the people.

As long as we’ve got somewhere to sleep, a bowl of cereal, and a coloring book we’ll be fine.

All action is of the mind and the mirror of the mind is the face, its index the eyes.

I said, “I need to hear something that’s going to save my life.” Re: Selecting songs from a jukebox.

There may be a sense in the electorate, especially among independents that President Obama has overreached in some ways.

A diva is someone who is a perfectionist, who does her best in her craft.

My friend, let's not think of tomorrow, but let's enjoy this fleeting moment of life.