The arrangement bore the same relation to actual finance as fantasy football bears to the NFL.

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 see, wisdom does not come with grey hairs.

The body is an outstanding source of strength

Their Silver war is being paid for in Red blood.

Religion is what you do with your solitude.

Drug addicts had their drugs. Alcoholics had their bottles. Serial killers had their murders.

You always hope that the cloak of inspiration will fall, and you'll be O.K.

I don't expect the government to solve my problems, but at least I expect them to understand it.

History is present in all my novels. And whether I am directly talking about the sociological moment or just immersing my character in the environment, I am very aware of it.

We have one asset, and that's people.

From the dark end of the street - To the bright side of the road - We'll be lovers once again on the - Bright side of the road