“You want the book to be special, and they are not always going to be special, but at least you want that to be the ambition. So the only way that happens is if you are not pressing to write a book.” IfsWayWantWritingBookHappensSpecialAmbition Author:Michael Lewis
“I didn't think one day something would happen that would bring me back to Wall Street to write what is essentially a sequel.” ThinkingWritingHappensStreetsWallOne DaySequels Author:Michael Lewis
“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.” IfsPersonsHappensCertainSufferingSittingTablesThings HappenHorribleIrelandSitting AroundHorrible ThingsSitting Around A Table Author:Michael Lewis
“When something happens people didn't predict, they find ways to explain it as if it were predictable.” PeopleIfsWayHappensThings HappenPredictable Author:Michael Lewis
“I was really interested in a pretty simple thing: what happens when someone tries to introduce moral considerations into Wall Street, what happens when someone wants to actually demand of himself and those who work with him that what they do is not just profitable but good and useful.” WantTryingHappensSimpleMoralStreetsWallDemandConsiderationIntroducingProfitableSimple Things Author:Michael Lewis
“The thing I'm most afraid of is what happens when these people who voted for Donald Trump realize he's not going to do anything for them and that he's not an antidote to what ails them. His whole movement runs on anger, and if it doesn't have anger, it doesn't go anywhere.” PeopleIfsWholeHappensRunningRealizingMovementTrumpAntidote Author:Michael Lewis
“What happens when we acknowledge the sovereignty and power of God without trusting in His goodness and faithfulness? A pitcher who saw God's power behind his extremely unlikely rise to the big leagues wondered if, at any difficulty he encountered there, God might be taking his ability away.” IfsBigsMightHappensAbilityBehindsSawsGoodnessDifficultyAcknowledgeLeagueSovereigntyUnlikelyFaithfulnessPitcherPower Of God Author:Michael Lewis
“That's what happens when you're thirty-seven years old: you do the things you always did but the result is somehow different.” YearsDifferentHappensResultsSevenThirtySeven YearsOld You Book:Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game Source: Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game
“My judgement is not good when I am on a book tour. I am not thinking about it that much. What happens is I will go back home. I have a 4-year-old and a 1-year-old and a wife who is now taking care of them who is wondering where her husband is.” ThinkingYearsBookHomeHappensCareWonderWifeHusbandJudgementBack Home Author:Michael Lewis
