...the ratings agencies' problem was in being unable or uninterested in appreciating the distinction between risk and uncertainty.

There's always the risk that there are unknown unknowns.

Almost everyone's instinct is to be overconfident and read way too much into a hot or cold streak.

We're not that much smarter than we used to be, even though we have much more information - and that means the real skill now is learning how to pick out the useful information from all this noise.

New ideas are sometimes found in the most granular details of a problem where few others bother to look.

We must become more comfortable with probability and uncertainty.

Success makes you less intimidated by things.

The quest for certainty in forecasting outcomes can be the enemy of progress.

When human judgment and big data intersect there are some funny things that happen

Data scientist is just a sexed up word for statistician.

On average, people should be more skeptical when they see numbers. They should be more willing to play around with the data themselves.

Making your mark in the world is better than making trouble.

May my thoughts of kindness stretch over like a warm blanket to envelop your being and caress your soul.

It's essential you create a fiery will from within--harness that power of decisiveness--and choose to be your strongest self.

Justice in the life and conduct of the State is possible only as first it resides in the hearts and souls of the citizens.

When you say that something is impossible, you have made it impossible.

I was a bike rider, a photographer and a history student, probably in that order. (On his early years)

In America, we're in a divided country.

I will be dust, but dust in love

Halliburton is not a 'company' doing business in Iraq. It is a war profiteer, bilking millions from the pockets of average Americans. In past wars they would have been arrested – or worse.

I'm a drummer. I can count to four and repeat.