The fool generalizes the particular; the nerd particularizes the general; some do both; and the wise does neither

Doctors most commonly get mixed up between absence of evidence and evidence of abense

A Stoic is someone who transforms fear into prudence, pain into transformation, mistakes into initiation, and desire into undertaking.

For many people, commuting is the worst part of the day, and policies that can make commuting shorter and more convenient would be a straightforward way to reduce minor but widespread suffering.

Decomposition, for most, starts when they leave the free, social, and uncorrupted college life for the solitary confinement of professions and nuclear families.

People used to wear ordinary clothes weekdays, and formal attire on Sunday. Today it is the exact reverse.

Democracies can't handle austerity measures very well.

Missing a train is only painful if you run after it! Likewise, not matching the idea of success others expect from you is only painful if that’s what you are seeking.

Love without sacrifice is like theft

Avoid losers. If you hear someone use the words 'impossible', 'never', 'too difficult' too often, drop him or her from your social network.

Someone bemoaned that there were so few women in economics. But there are also very few men in economics.

Politics is not about big money or power games

She smiled at him as they waited for their dessert, her chin poised on her clasped hands.'You're being very silent.''That's how men cry.

Stupid people will mistake your confidence for arrogance.

But as far as true goodness was concerned, that didn't exist - not in the land of cowardly men.

When you have got a ticket to send, and you're not a top costumer, it's best not to waste your time.

Everything seems to be designed for the benefit of the automobile and not the benefit of the human being.

There is no philosophy that is not to some extent also theology.

The defenders of the status quo often masquerade as the preservers of harmony.

I read recipes the same way I read science fiction. I get to the end and say to myself "well, that's not going to happen

It was so sweet backstage, you should have seen it - The Teamsters were helping Michael Moore into the trunk of his limo.