It is those who are successful, in other words, who are most likely to be given the kinds of special opportunities that lead to further success.

The visionary starts with a clean sheet of paper, and re-imagines the world.

Those with health insurance are overinsured and their behavior is distorted by moral hazard. Those without health insurance use their own money to make decisions based on an assessment of their needs. The insured are wasteful. The uninsured are prudent. So what's the solution? Make the insured a little more like the uninsured.

Science fiction annoyed me because it was like, "Why is the world as it is not enough for you?"

The kinds of errors that cause plane crashes are invariably errors of teamwork and communication.

We need to be clear when we venerate entrepreneurs what we are venerating.They are not moral leaders. If they were moral leaders, they wouldn't be great businessmen.

An aggressive drug-testing program would cut down on certain abuses, but its never going to catch everyone - or even close to everyone.