I became interested, through reading the works of some novelist, in Egyptology and made a study of the pyramids. It was just a hobby, but I had a desire to know all I could about everything I could. Charles M. Schwab Read Quote
If there is the right opportunity for us to have a big oil play in Congo or somewhere else, we will definitely go for it. Dan Gertler Read Quote
It’s not a stretch to say the whole financial industry revolves around the compass point of the absolutely safe AAA rating. But the financial crisis happened because AAA ratings stopped being something that had to be earned and turned into something that could be paid for. Matt Taibbi Read Quote
I was born in Chicago in 1927, the only child of Morris and Mildred Markowitz, who owned a small grocery store. We lived in a nice apartment, always had enough to eat, and I had my own room. I never was aware of the Great Depression. Harry Markowitz Read Quote
Sin, guilt, neurosis; they are one and the same, the fruit of the tree of knowledge. Henry Miller Read Quote
If we had to choose one American Idol to go out to dinner with, it would be Fantasia. There are no airs and graces about her… I like her. Simon Cowell Read Quote
You like to think that you’re bigger than your traditions and customs, but they form who you are. Morena Baccarin Read Quote
The circumstances of human society are too complicated to be submitted to the rigor of mathematical calculation. Marquis De Custine Read Quote
At Chicago I offer a course on Emotion, Reason and the Law that law students just love. But I am not there as a lawyer, my job is to teach philosophy. Martha Nussbaum Read Quote
