'Freakonomics' began with a 'N.Y. Times Magazine' profile I wrote about Steve Levitt. I was working on a book about 'the psychology… — Stephen J. Dubner Copy Share Image
You need to have a passionate interest in why things are happening. That cast of mind, kept over long periods, gradually improves… — Charlie Munger Copy Share Image
There has maybe been a poor - a misunderstanding or statements that have maybe hurt, unfortunately. The Mexicans have felt offended by… — Enrique Pena Nieto Copy Share Image
Whether it is spelled Bain and being put out by the Obama campaign or Bane and being out by Hollywood, the narratives… — Chris Lehane Copy Share Image
Maybe this is blasphemy to say, but I feel like music is not meant to be something that earning your keep depends… — John Maus Copy Share Image
I've heard it said that umpires are necessary evil. Well, we are necessary, but we are not evil. We are hard-working and… — Doug Harvey Copy Share Image
And why should he interest himself at all in my moral and intellectual capacities: what is it to him what I think… — Anne Bronte Copy Share Image
A constant tension exists between an individual's interests, personal needs, and skills, and what the organization requires of her. We've all asked… — Pat Heim Copy Share Image
There are really three players: 'absolutists', for whom it is possible to describe reality as it anyway is; 'constructivists' or 'humanists', for… — David E. Cooper Copy Share Image
Here's why I think the public service jobs are almost unavoidable: When we have downturns in the economy - and we will,… — Robert Reich Copy Share Image
Whenever the government of the United States shall break up, it will probably be in consequence of a false direction having been… — James F. Cooper Copy Share Image
There is a good chance Donald Trump won't survive four years. Conflict of interest is the biggest danger for Trump. He is… — Garry Kasparov Copy Share Image
In Paris, friend of Bequerel’s, a young physicist-chemist couple named Pierre and Marie Curie, began to scour the natural world for even… — Siddhartha Mukherjee Copy Share Image
A lot of people try to use sarcasm to flirt, and it tends not to read well. Most people who are successful… — Amy Webb Copy Share Image
There is no practice more dangerous than that of borrowing money; for when money can be had in this way, repayment is… — George Washington Copy Share Image
We are (most of us) embedded in an exceedingly complex network of social relationships, many of which are vital to our well-being.… — Peter Corning Copy Share Image
No consideration at all is given to the interests of the "pests" - the very word "pest" seems to exclude any concern… — Peter Singer Copy Share Image
It's important when you're married not to forget those things you used to do when you were trying to get her to… — David Walliams Copy Share Image
Aristocracy: A combination of many powerful men, for the purpose of maintaining their own particular interests. It is consequently a concentration of… — James F. Cooper Copy Share Image
What are the moral implications? What do these people do when they have tremendous amounts of money? They use that money to… — Bernie Sanders Copy Share Image
Asset values and earning power are the dominant factors affecting the valuation of a controlling interest in a business. Market price, which… — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
I've got no interest in going over to California to fight that boring git, in a fight that no one's interested in,… — Carl Froch Copy Share Image
The writing that most interests me isn't about narcos or sicarios or police or whatever. It's about the victims and the survivors,… — Francisco Goldman Copy Share Image
It has been handed down in mythical form from earliest times to posterity, that there are gods, and that the divine (Deity)… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
The world's greatest city - New York City - deserves a government that works for all New Yorkers. That starts with a… — Sal Albanese Copy Share Image
I wrote 'The story of O' alone, for Dominique Aury, to interest him, to please him, to occupy him. I wasn't young,… — Anne Desclos Copy Share Image
Being a good mother does not call for the same qualities as being a good housewife; a dedication to keeping children clean… — Ann Oakley Copy Share Image
The female love interest is boring to me. A female that's interesting, smart, funny - that's what I'm drawn to. I wouldn't… — Aubrey Plaza Copy Share Image
For equity markets, the combination of low interest rates, strong economic growth and low inflation has proved very beneficial, with global share… — Ian Macfarlane Copy Share Image
Don't give 100% of your heart to someone who calculates love as a personal savings which can be withdraw at any possible… — Louaiq8 Copy Share Image
I, as the writer, can be very clear that I am writing a work of heightened fiction, as opposed to documenting horrible… — Bryan Fuller Copy Share Image
People who get into animation tend to be kids. We don't have to grow up. But also, animators are great observers, and… — John Lasseter Copy Share Image
I have maintained a passionate interest in education, which leads me occasionally to make foolish and ill-considered remarks alleging that not everything… — Philip Pullman Copy Share Image
A work of art in paint should be beautiful and expressive as abstract colour and form and should not interest us necessarily… — John F. Carlson Copy Share Image
Be careful in your relations with the government; for they draw no man close to themselves except for their own interests. They… — Gamaliel Copy Share Image
I've always been kind of a strategic thinking person - I love sports for instance, but my interest in sports is 'cause… — Robert Greene Copy Share Image
On the Internet, news is consumed a la carte. If someone shows up on the main page of a website and doesn't… — Drew Curtis Copy Share Image
Our national debt after all is an internal debt owed not only by the Nation but to the Nation. If our children… — Franklin D. Roosevelt Copy Share Image
The monomaniac is unlikely to succeed. Most leave only their bleached bones in the roadless desert. But the rest of us, with… — Peter Drucker Copy Share Image
Profit is vital to human well-being. Profit is the payment to entrepreneurs just as wages are payments to labor, interest to capital… — Walter E. Williams Copy Share Image