I think that it is important to be gregarious, and that friendships are not just a leisure pursuit, that they are an integral part of what it is to be human, and one does better work if one has a circle of friends that is active.

If young men have jobs - or the prospects of jobs - they are less likely to take up arms, they are less likely to join the resistance.

In the financial sector, those whom the gods want to destroy they first teach math.

When I first came to Oxford, I struggled to feel comfortable in an Anglican, public school-dominated institution.

When bond prices fall, interest rates soar, with painful consequences for all borrowers.

To make a living space, there first had to be a killing space.

Collaboration is risky. If it fails, if the occupation is wound up prematurely and the bad guys come back to power, you might find yourself in some serious trouble.