The idea of capitalism is not just success but also the failure that allows success to happen.

It's better to make fun of yourself because you've always got someone around to make fun of, and they can't sue you.

Of course, the humans in Haiti have hope. They hope to leave.

Haitians weren't screwed-up, but everything political, intellectual, and material around them is.

Microeconomics is about money you don't have, and macroeconomics is about money the government is out of.

Summing it Up..."Where's a good place for dinner?" I asked. "There's the Brasserie Lipp on the Avenue St. Germaine," she said, "or La Coupole in Montmartre." "Not La Coupole," I said. "I've been there before. That's the place that's crowded and noisy and smells bad and everybody's rude as hell, isn't it?" "I think you just described France," she said.

I'll pick "I'm kidding" anytime over "I'm lying."