Quotes of the day

You don't stop laughing because you grow old. You grow old because you stop laughing.--Michael Pritchard

If Obama has his way, his health care plan will be funded by his treasury chief who did not pay his taxes, overseen by his surgeon general who is obese, signed by a president who smokes, and financed by a country that is just about broke.--Ron Hart

I can calculate the motions of the heavenly bodies, but not the madness of people.--Isaac Newton, reputedly

I’m of the persuasion that budget contraints are very, very good for creativity. I think people having unlimited amounts of money makes you really lazy.--Matthew Weiner

Perhaps the only other producer as committed to the rules of [Matthew Weiner's] imagined universe is George Lucas. --Bruce Handy

I will always go to the country that has the best crew coupled with the most tax incentives.--George Lucas

Historically, Indian reservations are a great place to be poor if you are Indian—and a fantastic place to get rich if you're not. It is only recently that this pattern is being reversed.--David Treuer

Rob Arnott tells a lovely story of a speech he was giving to some 200 finance professors. He asked how many of them taught [Efficient Market Hypothesis] - pretty much everyone’s hand was up. Then he asked how many of them believed it. Only two hands stayed up!--John Maudlin