The best social insurance is to make more progress, not to make more work

In daily life, reality gives us material incentives to restrain our irrationality. But what incentive do we have to think rationally about politics?

There are two sources of error: Either you lack sufficient data, or you fail to take advantage of the data that you have.

Sociotropic voters with biased economic beliefs are more likely to produce severe political failures than are selfish voters with rational expectations.

Worldviews are more a mental security blanket than a serious effort to understand the world

If you can't feel secure - and teach your children to feel secure - about 1-in-610,000 nightmare scenarios - the problem isn't the world. It's you.

Let us designate anarchism1 anarchism as you define it. Let us desiginate anarchism2 anarchism as I and the American Heritage College Dictionary define it.

It always seems impossible until it's done.

Personally I just want to win a championship.

Obviously, if the commander makes certain decisions that the reporter thinks is inhibiting his right to report a legitimate story, he has to appeal to the commander's boss to get that changed.

Spiritual influence never coincided with material affluence.

If you hang in there long enough, you will eventually reach your goal.

The bird that would soar above the level plain of tradition and prejudice must have strong wings. It is a sad spectacle to see the weaklings bruised, exhausted, fluttering back to earth.

It's four in the morning, the end of december I'm writing you now just to see if you're better.

Michael Owen isn't the tallest of lads, but his height more than makes up for that.

Rock and roll is here to stay.

You are overcome by the fact because you think you are.