Of course things you don't know about are always nicer'n things you do, same as the pertater on 'tother side of the plate is always the biggest.
I like being involved in the lighter side of journalism because it serves a purpose, and it's fun. And I can keep my opinions off camera if I want.
There are three sides to every question-where a divorce is involved.
It is a rather curious thing to have to divide one's life into personal and official compartments and temporarily put the personal side into its hidden compartment to be taken out again when one's official duties are at an end.
I know what makes me happy. I know what makes me miserable. I'm trying to stay on the happy side.
On one side, the forces of destruction, the forces of the desert, have risen, and on the other hand stand firm the forces of civilization, but we will not be stopped.
Derivative trading with mark-to-market accounting degenerates into mark-to-model. Two firms make a big derivative trade and the accountants on both sides show a large profit from the same trade.
I never allow myself to have an opinion on anything that I don't know the other side's argument better than they do.
Bad reasoning as well as good reasoning is possible; and this fact is the foundation of the practical side of logic.
Friendship isn't about who you've known the longest. It's all about the friend who comes and stands by your side in bad times.