Facts are stupid until brought into connection with some general law.

Facts are stupid until brought into connection with some general law.

I knew all along this team could be at the top and remain at the top, because we definitely have read more

I knew all along this team could be at the top and remain at the top, because we definitely have the personnel. If we put our mind to it, play 'D' and do all the right things, play for each other, we shouldn't lose.

Pay attention to your enemies, for they are the first to discover your mistakes.

Pay attention to your enemies, for they are the first to discover your mistakes.

We have to treat every game like a playoff game right now because they are. I think the guys have, read more

We have to treat every game like a playoff game right now because they are. I think the guys have, and I think we'll continue that way. We have a lot of confidence that we are going to get in.

By saying I'd been up on the roof, I hoped to prove that I had intimate knowledge of how and read more

By saying I'd been up on the roof, I hoped to prove that I had intimate knowledge of how and why he'd died. It was my ego asserting itself: I was there, we were good friends.

That number showed the market the U.S. may not be able to lower interest rates as soon as people expected read more

That number showed the market the U.S. may not be able to lower interest rates as soon as people expected ... and that will lengthen the time before their recovery.

Intellectuals, academics, writers and poets were an important force in the early groups of volunteers. They had the means to read more

Intellectuals, academics, writers and poets were an important force in the early groups of volunteers. They had the means to get to Spain and were accustomed to travelling, whereas very few workers had left British shores.

The superstition was that disability of any sort was the mark of the devil. The phrases are in languages throughout read more

The superstition was that disability of any sort was the mark of the devil. The phrases are in languages throughout Europe: the devil's hoof, the devil's horn mark. It reaches back to early Christianity and the middle ages. Where a child was born out of wedlock, the church cooked up the impression that you'd done something sinful, and something dreadful would result. You will still find, particularly in Greece, people doing a little sign when they see a very badly disabled child – it needs warding off.

I didn't have any expectations.

I didn't have any expectations.