“A lie can travel halfway around the world while the truth is putting on its shoes.”

“One of the biggest problems with the world today is that we have large groups of people who will accept whatever they hear on the grapevine, just because it suits their worldview – not because it is actually true or because they have the evidence to support it. The really striking thing is that it would not take much effort to establish validity in most of these cases. But people prefer reassurance to research.”

“If you want to sacrifice the admiration of many men for the criticism of one, go ahead, get married.”

“Never bend your head. Always hold it high. Look the world straight in the eye.”

“We’re Americans, we celebrate success. We just don’t want the game to be rigged. People feel like the system is rigged against them. And here’s the painful part: they’re right. The system is rigged. Look around. Oil companies guzzle down billions in subsidies. Billionaires pay lower tax rates than their secretaries. Wall Street CEOs—the same ones who wrecked our economy and destroyed millions of jobs—still strut around Congress, no shame, demanding favors, and acting like we should thank them.”