We thought it would do OK, but we weren't sure. We didn't have a crystal ball, and we didn't say, read more

We thought it would do OK, but we weren't sure. We didn't have a crystal ball, and we didn't say, 'Oh yeah, it's a smash.' We liked the song but didn't know if it would be the best to debut the album with. But there is something special about the song. People caught onto it.

Philosophy is a game with objectives and no rules. Mathematics is a game with rules and no objectives.

Philosophy is a game with objectives and no rules. Mathematics is a game with rules and no objectives.

I like to come up with new formats that are tailor-made for each market. In Houston, we saw there was read more

I like to come up with new formats that are tailor-made for each market. In Houston, we saw there was an opportunity to go after Latinos that were bilingual regardless of generation.

We were afraid this would set a precedent and end up nibbling away at our coastline.

We were afraid this would set a precedent and end up nibbling away at our coastline.

All we're saying is, let small business have a choice. Right now they barely have one or two choices in read more

All we're saying is, let small business have a choice. Right now they barely have one or two choices in the small-group market. Let employers choose what they think is best.

These kinds of problems tend to cool investors' buying sentiment.

These kinds of problems tend to cool investors' buying sentiment.

The thing about baseball is, it takes one pitch to change a game. He just got the bat head out. read more

The thing about baseball is, it takes one pitch to change a game. He just got the bat head out. Every pitcher in America's going to say, 'Darn it, that shouldn't have been hit.' But he hit my pitch.

We're going to individualize every single program for every guy in the system. That'll be the big positive. And of read more

We're going to individualize every single program for every guy in the system. That'll be the big positive. And of course, the take-a-strike, we've modified that, that's no longer going to exist. Pitch counts will exist, but it's not one blanket program. If it needs to exist for a certain individual, it will. If it doesn't for another, it won't.

One lesson that we might draw from this incident is that we shouldn't be asking so many questions of jurors. read more

One lesson that we might draw from this incident is that we shouldn't be asking so many questions of jurors. Maybe we should just be asking if they have ever been convicted of a crime, that we ought to know. But, do we really need to know about every arrest and every civil lawsuit and what television programs they watch?