according to the psychologist irving Janis, is that our sense of belonging (which makes us feel safe) blinds us to dangers and encourages greater risk-taking.

You cannot fix a problem that you refuse to acknowledge.

When we care about people, we care less about money, and when we care about money, we care less about people.

The combination of power, optimism and abstract thinking makes powerful people more certain. The more cut-off they are from others, the more confident they are that they are right.

Now, five years is nothing in a man's life except when he is very young and very old...- Wang Lung

Truth is the old way. Truth dates back to the time when your word was your bond, and you didn't need papers in a language you couldn't understand to compel you to act honestly.

I've always enjoyed making people laugh. But in order for me to be funny, I have to get ticked off about something.

I've sat on the hot seat and I felt its hotness

I believe in the great spirit and intelligence of Americans.

No reporter of my generation, whatever his genius, ever really rated spats and a walking stick until he had covered both a lynching and a revolution.

When I was 8, I got a little toy propeller plane: You could turn it on and the people disappeared from the little windows and stewardesses appeared, and it ran along the ground.

A lot of my works deal with a passage, which is about time. I don't see anything that I do as a static object in space. It has to exist as a journey in time.

The highest of generalizations is the synergetic integration of truth and love.

God gives us what we want. For people who want nothing to do with peace, joy, reconciliation and peace... God will give you what you want. I see people make unbelievably destructive choices.