“It's pretty hard to be efficient without being obnoxious. ”

“Everything comes to him who waits, except a loaned book.”

“If you haven't seen your wife smile at a traffic cop, you haven't seen her smile her prettiest.”

“Next to a circus there ain't nothing that packs up and tears out any quicker than the Christmas spirit”

“There is no failure except in no longer trying. There is no defeat except from within, no really insurmountable barrier save our own inherent weakness of purpose.”

“All the world loves a good loser.”

“Thinking is the hardest work anyone can do, which is probably the reason why we have so few thinkers. ”

“Perhaps the logical conclusion of everyone looking the same is everyone thinking the same.”

“I could not think without writing.”

“In a world where you can be anything, be kind.”

“The worst kind of oppression is when the victims think and talk in the language of their oppressors.”

“A random act of kindness, no matter how small, can make a tremendous impact on someone else's life.”

“Michael Lewis has the amazing ability to take complex formulas and concepts and turn them into page-turners.”