The fuses had been lit and could not be extinguished. All that remained was to observe the speed of the spark, and the size of the explosions.

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.

Aryan said "Once an angel came in my dream and said", You will get whatever you want in your life in this world and from this world.

The boy was painted in his pain

It's hard for me to stay silent when I keep hearing that peace is only attainable through war. There's nothing more scary than watching ignorance in action.

At my time of life, one knows that the worst is usually true.

Make them laugh, and then make them listen.

Be a philosopher but, amid all your philosophy be still a man.

Awards shows are my greatest inducement to get back into shape.

Pop art is the American Dream, optimistic, generous, and naive!

Like the average American that I hang out with, and like my father before me, I raised all my children to respect tools and use them wisely and safely.

At war a Russian man puts on a white shirt. He may live in sin, but he dies like a saint.