The likable never know whether they are liked for themselves or for their likability.
Jun 052013
Nothing
You cannot have a contemporary prison without contemporary furniture.
—Clouseau
May 282013
Behavioral is to classical economics as relativistic is to classical mechanics.
May 272013
Talk comes in two sizes — big and small.
May 102013
Now that the symptoms of genius have been thoroughly advertised, one sees a great deal more of the symptoms.
Apr 162013
The Jewish kid who spray-paints a swastika on the synagogue to make the local TV news — this is the guiding metaphor for our time.
Mar 192013
There is a level of fame where it is no longer necessary to be interesting, and a higher level where it is no longer possible.
Mar 072013
Diseases have fashions, but hypochondria is always in style.
Mar 052013
Whatever is unnecessary is pernicious.
Feb 062013
We cry wolf and then the world ends.
Feb 042013
It’s easy to get away with murder, except the one you want to commit.