Distinguishing the signal from the noise requires both scientific knowledge and self-knowledge: the serenity to accept the things we cannot predict, the courage to predict the things we can, and the wisdom to know the difference.

The public is even more pessimistic about the economy than even the most bearish economists are.

I have to make sure that I make good choices and that if I put my name on it, it's a high-quality endeavor and that I have time to be a human being.

All I know is that I have way more stuff that I want to write about than I possibly have time to.

I don't think that somebody who is observing or predicting behavior should also be participating in the 'experiment.'

Every four years in the presidential election, some new precedent is broken.

Walk rate is probably the area in which a pitcher has the most room to improve, but a rate that high is tough to overcome.