"I think it's very important for someone going to buy a book, taking a class or listening to a lecturer to ask, "Is this the right thing for me to do now? If it isn't, guide me to what I need.""

“My goal is to win. It doesn't matter how I do. I want to do well, but I just want the team to win.”

“One thing I like about Argentina, they only cook with salt; that's it.”

“It's true that writing can give new forms to concepts that existed previously with far less clarity, but in terms of the other half of a story's story - the way a story is received and interpreted and used - the audience plays a part in that too.”

Source : "Something Just Beyond Words". Interview with Molly McArdle, logger.believermag.com. April 25, 2014.

“One day is worth a thousand tomorrows.”

“President Obama's proposal to raise the top rate to 39 percent is equal to the rate under President Clinton in the 1990s when Wall Street reached record high levels and the economy produced lots of jobs.”

“The Celtic fans are very special and the club and players can be very proud of them. They are the best I have ever heard.”

“The world asks, How much does he give? Christ asks why does he give?”

“I think serious research tends to be associated with higher academic quality, more prestige, more resources, and even, heaven help us, better teaching, to a greater extent than you might think. Folks who don't have an active intellectual life become, though the long years of just teaching, less intellectually alive and exciting.”