"If you do not join the polluted, then you are pure; if you reject society in search of purity, that is not purity but fanaticism."

“To best serve the public happiness, government shouldn't do things it cannot do well - anymore than Wal-Mart should provide goods and services that people don't like.”

“It's always really challenging trying to go from player to player/coach. You have a kind of friendship basis of relationship with all of your teammates and now you go to this power position where you have to make decisions that might hurt people's feelings.”

“Don't ask for a cig' - I'm so self-centered, I won't even share this cancer.”

Source : Song: 40 Licks

“When you step into that boat you have made a silent commitment to your team that you will do everything in your power to help them win.”

“Nothing is easier than self-deceit.”

Source : Demosthenes (2015). “Complete Works of Demosthenes (Delphi Classics)”, p.73, Delphi Classics

“Bitter is wine, but it sweetens all bitterness.”

Source : Moses Ibn Ezra (1945). “‏מחברת משירי משה בן יעקב אבן עזרא /‏”

“Most people believe that inequality is rising - and indeed it has been rising for a while in a number of rich countries. And there is lots of talk and realization of this. It's harder to understand that at the same time, you can actually have global inequality going down. Technically speaking, national inequality can increase in every single country and yet global inequality can go down. And why it is going down is because very large, populous, and relatively poor countries like India and China are growing quite fast.”

“To please people is a great step towards persuading them.”