"Everything’s a story, kid.  Stories are what help us make sense of the world."

“Even if you don't see the results of your planting, just keep Planting your Love. Your Patience. Your Perseverance. Your Faith.”

“Only in the irrational and unknown direction can we come to wisdom again”

“To model correctly one tranche of one CDO took about three hours on one of the fastest computers in the United States. There is no chance that pretty much anybody understood what they were doing with these securities. Creating things that you don't understand is really not a good idea no matter who owns it.”

Source : "John Thain Admits He Didn't Understand Merrill's Risks" by John Carney, www.businessinsider.com. October 07, 2009,.

“I told the truth, and I did it on national TV in a lie-detector test.”

Source : "Exclusive! Paula Jones Talks with Sean & Alan". "Hannity & Colmes", www.foxnews.com. March 10, 2005.

“A woman has to look good, but a man—a little bit nicer looking than a monkey is enough.”

“The science is my passion, the policy work my social duty. I think there's no other issue in the world that causes such suffering and which could be improved simply by rethinking. Millions of people are in jail just because they used consciousness-altering substances without causing any harm to others. I think it is an affront to human rights and dignity. What you do with your consciousness is your own business.”

Source : Source: www.slate.com

“From birth to age 18 a girl needs good parents. From 18 to 35 she needs good looks. From 35 to 55 she needs a good personality. From 55 on, she needs good cash.”

Source : In Michael Freedland Sophie (1978) p. 214

“My daughter is my greatest inspiration.”