T. C. Boyle Quotes

Of course all novelists are egomaniacs and want to draw everyone to their fold just like any other preacher. The snake-oil peddler, the false prophet, all of this is fascinating to me. But I certainly hope that I'm more humane than that.

T. C. Boyle

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When you have a regime that would be happier in the afterlife than in this life, this is not a regime that is subject to classic theories of deterrence.

John Bolton

LifeYouClassicWouldThanHappier

The HoLee model was the first term structure model. I remember reading their paper soon after it was published and as it was fairly different from many of the other papers that I had read, I had to read it quite a few times. I realized that it was a really important paper.

John Hull

ReadingRememberImportantFirst

There is no justifiable prediction about how the hypothesis will hold up in the future; its degree of corroboration simply is a historical statement describing how severely the hypothesis has been tested in the past.

Robert Nozick

FuturePastWillDegreeHistorical

To fight and conquer in all our battles is not supreme excellence; supreme excellence consists in breaking the enemy's resistance without fighting.

Sun Tzu

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I like to talk while I'm on stage. It makes the show more personal. With that said, it's got to stay within reason or it's annoying.

Ron Pope

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If you look at the common denominator of all the comics who have had big success, it's being true to their nature... that's what takes a long time to learn.

Ron White

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When I went to college, I made my first mixtape, and Sean gave me three verses for it. That was a big reason anyone ever listened to my music. I definitely wouldn't be talking to you now if it wasn't for Big Sean.

Mike Posner

MusicCollegeMeTalkingYouThree

The majority of our happiness at work is determined by the people who surround us. Strong teams produce more content, launch more products, and sign more contracts. And most importantly, they have fun doing it.

Julia Hartz

WorkHappinessFunPeopleHave Fun

While I have never been a regular churchgoer, I'm anything but immune to the power and the majesty of the religious experience.

Joseph Barbera

PowerExperienceNeverAnythingBeen

A lot of my book, 'The Price of Inequality,' is about why there has been an increase in rent-seeking.

Joseph Stiglitz

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I do remember how it was to be poor. I do remember that in my early years, we had to grow and raise all of our food, even our animals. And I remember in my early life, we didn't even have electricity. So it was very, very hard times then.

Dolly Parton

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The fundamental work of investment management is filtering. The question is what do you filter.

Donald Luskin

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