The earliest full-length account of a chariot race appears in Book xxiii of the Iliad.

The essence of the phenomenon of gambling is decision making. The act of making a decision consists of selecting one course of action, or strategy, from among the set of admissible strategies.

The assumption that individuals act objectively in accordance with purely mathematical dictates to maximize their gain or utility cannot be sustained by empirical observation.

Generally, a betting system for which each wager depends only on present resources and present probability of success is known as a Markov betting system.

The French philosopher Pierre-Hyacinthe Azaïs (1766-1845) formalized the statement that good and evil fortune are exactly balanced in that they produce for each person an equivalent result.

There are no conventional games involving conditions of uncertainty without risk.

Reflecting an amalgam of economics, monetary, and psychological factors, the stock market represents possibly the most subtly intricate game invented by man.

A proven theorem of game theory states that every game with complete information possesses a saddle point and therefore a solution.

A sign of a good leader is not his position but his vision.

Character is like a tree and reputation its shadow. The shadow is what we think it is and the tree is the real thing.

Personal disillusionment accompanied by self-pity and self-loathing are the Achilles’ heel of modern humankind, representing the weakness of the human spirit.

Just as you wouldn't leave the house without taking a shower, you shouldn't start the day without at least 10 minutes of sacred practice: prayer, meditation, inspirational reading.

I create fictional narratives, but it's based on literal people.

In 10 sessions you'll feel the difference, in 20 you'll see the difference, and in 30 you'll have a new body

Playing Shakespeare requires technique. You don't play a Bach toccata by getting in the mood.

I should never seek a job in my life, my mission in life is to create jobs. I am not a job seeker, I am a job giver.

Do you love me because I'm beautiful, or am I beautiful because you love me?

God has not changed; and His ear is just as quick to hear the voice of real prayer, and His hand is just as long and strong to save; as it ever was.