If you have to forecast, forecast often.

For economist the real world is often a special case.

Ask five economists and you'll get five different answers - six if one went to Harvard.

The herd instinct among forecasters makes sheep look like independent thinkers.

He who lives by the crystal ball soon learns to eat ground glass.

If you have to forecast, forecast often.

I walked slowly to enjoy this freedom and when I came out of the mountains I saw the sky over the prairie and I thought that if heaven was real I hoped it was a place I never had to go for this earth was greater than any paradise.

I hate picking out outfits for events. That's why I always wear the same thing when I go out - OK, not exactly the same, but always something easy. If it isn't a big fashion event, it'll be jeans and a nice top.

It's really the sound of the voices, the sound of the words, the sound of the sound that we're interested in.

Directing is so interesting. You know, it just sort of encompasses everything that you see, that you know, that you've felt, that you have observed.

It is the melody which is the charm of music, and it is that which is most difficult to produce. The invention of a fine melody is a work of genius.

Man can be understood only by ascending from physics, chemistry, biology, and geology. In other words, he is first of all a cosmic problem.

So many actors are lively-minded, creative people who just tread water in this awful way, waiting for the phone to ring and doing their hair for auditions. It feels like a bit of a dreamer's life - as opposed to a sensible ventriloquist's life.

Fewer than half of all university professors publish as much as one article per year.

You will never see as many great women investors or traders as men. Period. End of story.

I don't know why the universe is so determined to keep my feet on the ground.

I see a trend here where the President seems to think his job is to count votes and then try to make a deal That's what we in legislatures do. Mr. Obama's job is to travel the country, fight for the values that he cares about.

Knowing that my granddad was a highly respected actor wasn't necessarily intimidating, but it definitely meant there was always a pressure to live up to his reputation. I think that's why acting wasn't something I even considered doing, as a kid.

When your burning desire for success is greater than your deepest fear of failure, you can create anything in your life.

You must let suffering speak, if you want to hear the truth.

I think we're so advanced when it comes to watching narrative material. I mean, it's all we do is consume content all day long. So when a character walks onscreen, you immediately start making connections for that character: Is that a good guy? Is that a bad guy?

Whenever you have a tight schedule, you sort of have to film whatever you can that day.

I think we all see ourselves as the heroes in our own lives.

When I call myself an affirmative action baby, I'm talking about the essence of what affirmative action was when it started.

One might as well be hanged for a sheep as a lamb

I love race car drivers, I love gymnastics, I love UFC, I love police officers, I love firefighters. I just try to give them the same enjoyment they give me.

There's nothing worse than finding yourself in a situation, a very demanding piece of work, and knowing that you're not a true ally to the person who's in charge of all that.

What would it take for me to eat human flesh? If that was the only way to stay alive, I would. I would eat anything.

Life is not a matter of chance...it is a matter of choice.

We must see what in the Israeli identity - in the Israeli - we can give to other people rather than speaking so often of taking, expanding territory.