Michael On
Michael On
winning media games
If you had to point to one thing that made it less likely that the Red Sox would win the World Series, I would say it was those people that go to Fenway Park to watch the games. And then the media around it.
nice thinking mirrors
I think that fans are always looking for someone to blame. Wouldn't it be nice if they looked in the mirror?
wall smart odds
What are the odds that people will make smart decisions about money if they don't need to make smart decisions--if they can get rich making dumb decisions? The incentives on Wall Street were all wrong; they're still all wrong.
smart people overwhelmed
All that was clear that the profits to be had from smart people making complicated bets overwhelmed anything that could be had from servicing customers, or allocating capital to productive enterprise.
suffering sitting tables
There's a certain status to suffering in Ireland, that the person who - if you're sitting around a table, the person with the greatest status is the person who had the most horrible thing happen to them most recently.
wall writing thinking
I didn't think one day something would happen that would bring me back to Wall Street to write what is essentially a sequel.
usa government levels
The vicious cycle that is bringing down European states is not going to hit USA, at least not for a while, at the level of the federal government. The same cannot be said of state and local governments.
equality sisterhood equal-pay
Equal pay isn't just a women's issue; when women get equal pay, their family incomes rise and the whole family benefits.
focus succeed failing
One of the great failings of our education system is that we tend to focus on those who are succeeding in exams, and there are plenty of them. But what we should also be looking at, and a lot more urgently, is those who fail.
money book writing
Don't worry about writing a book or getting famous or making money. Just lead an interesting life.
admitting cleansing
Admitting failure is quite cleansing, but never - pleasurable.
friendship writing trying
When I write I try as far as possible to forget I'm writing it at all. I tell it down onto the page, as if I'm telling it to one person only, my best friend.
friendship grandchildren talking
By the time I sit down and face the blank page I am raring to go. I tell it as if I'm talking to my best friend or one of my grandchildren.
summer nightmare middle
If it is possible to be happy in the middle of a nightmare, then Topthorn and I were happy that summer.