The youth of an art is, like the youth of anything else, its most interesting period. When it has come to the knowledge of good and evil it is stronger, but we care less about it.

Life is like playing a violin solo in public and learning the instrument as one goes on.

All philosophies, if you ride them home, are nonsense, but some are greater nonsense than others.

In old times people used to try and square the circle; now they try and devise schemes for satisfying the Irish nation.

Employment and health insurance are now protected by the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act.

You see teams buy a lot of batsmen for a lot of money because they are good batsmen. But you also need good bowlers to get them out or contain the runs.

There is a very real danger that financial regulation will become a wolf in sheep's clothing.

I've been crazy lucky that I've never had a day job. I get really close to having no money, then I always wind up getting some kind of great job.