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

Baseball is this intense subculture that actually doesn't speak very much for the larger culture.

People who think they know what they are talking about when they talk about baseball include the announcers and all of the sports press - no matter how much evidence you present them to the contrary they will continue to think that what they think is right.

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

Yet another hedge fund manager explained Icelandic banking to me this way: you have a dog, and I have a cat. We agree that each is worth a billion dollars. You sell me the dog for a billion, and I sell you the cat for a billion. Now we are no longer pet owners but Icelandic banks, with a billion dollars in new assets.

It is far better to keep the enemy close, by bribing him with stock options, than to have him out in the wild, foraging.

What happens when we acknowledge the sovereignty and power of God without trusting in His goodness and faithfulness? A pitcher who saw God's power behind his extremely unlikely rise to the big leagues wondered if, at any difficulty he encountered there, God might be taking his ability away.