Whenever I was on the podium, it felt weird. I was obviously happy to have done well, but it wasn't truly happy from the bottom of my heart.
I lied for years and years. And the thing about lies and secrets is that they eat you alive from the inside. I would not wish that pain on anyone.
Peter, you're not crazy," William said. "Nobody's really crazy. That's just a word. Isn't it, Torey? Just a word. And nobody's a word.
There's a lot out there for me to learn that isn't in college, so I think it's fine for me if I don't go yet.
The United States could transform its property tax system into a progressive tax on net worth without asking permission to the rest of the world.
I think inequality is fine, as long as it is in the common interest. The problem is when it gets so extreme, when it becomes excessive.
The workplace revolution that transformed the lives of blue-collar workers in the 1970s and 1980s is finally reaching the offices and cubicles of the white-collar workers.
My problem is not that I see all 17 sides of any issue, but I'm equally passionate about all 17 sides simultaneously.
I don't want the 35-year-olds in my audience to think of me as as 'pops' giving the kind of advice that only 65-year-olds can understand.
Mistakes can be corrected by those who pay attention to facts but dogmatism will not be corrected by those who are wedded to a vision.
Each new generation born is in effect an invasion of civilization by little barbarians, who must be civilized before it is too late.
Do countries with strong gun control laws have lower murder rates? Only if you cherry-pick the data.
The problem isn't that Johnny can't read. The problem isn't even that Johnny can't think. The problem is that Johnny doesn't know what thinking is; he confuses it with feeling.
It is a way to take people's wealth from them without having to openly raise taxes. Inflation is the most universal tax of all.
All of us should be on guard against beliefs that flatter ourselves. At the very least, we should check such beliefs against facts.
Our schools and colleges are turning out people who cannot feel fulfilled unless they are telling other people what to do.
Facts do not speak for themselves. They speak for or against competing theories. Facts divorced from theories or visions are mere isolated curiosities.
Do all children have some inherent right to live in America if they have done nothing wrong? If not, then why should the children of illegal immigrants have such a right?
Right through to the end of the last World Cup game, I still couldn't bear the thought of not being perfect or letting people down.
Playing the game, representing the team, giving my all and never letting go has meant everything to me.
We need to increase the transparency of shadow banking markets so that authorities can monitor for signs of excessive leverage and unstable maturity transformation outside regulated banks.
