The Germans made just about every bad investment you could have made in the last 10 years. They invested in Icelandic banks. They invested in Greek government bonds. They were heavy into Irish banks, big into Irish banks, and they bought U.S. subprime mortgage bonds.

If you had to point to one thing that made it less likely that the Red Sox would win the World Series, I would say it was those people that go to Fenway Park to watch the games. And then the media around it.

It is the nature of being the general manager of a baseball team that you have to remain on familiar terms with people you are continually trying to screw.

As idiotic as optimism can sometimes seem, it has a weird habit of paying off.

We have the Google family calendar. Before a week starts, my wife and I sit down to decide who's driving who to school or when can we go out on a date.

I didn't think one day something would happen that would bring me back to Wall Street to write what is essentially a sequel.

There's something bad in everything good and something good in everything bad.