Success is such a relative thing for me. I'm fundamentally a Christian which means that ultimately all of the penultimate titles and things you just had to wear with a loose garment. Really.

Optimism is evidence-based.

If you view life as a gold rush, you're going to end up worshiping a golden calf.

I like to be multi-contextual, which is much more important than being multicultural.

It's impossible to translate Wall Street greed into one or two demands.

Interrogate yours hidden assumptions

what I think separates me from most philosophers probably is that I'm a bluesman in the life of the mind, I'm a jazzman in the world of ideas.