41 Quotes by Steven Levitt

I do think that the standard media is controlled by the conventional wisdom about global warming. We've come to believe - from reading a lot of articles and talking to a lot of scientists - that there's another side to be heard.

People don't like it, but inevitably we need to think about both the costs and the benefits of health care. We cannot avoid the financial consequences.

As I see it, most major philanthropists have been bullied into giving. They feel social pressure to give. It has become a cost of doing business.

No one would disagree that restraining your child is about the single best thing you can do for protecting their lives.

He doesn't make advertisers comfortable, that's for sure. He is not necessarily a fan favorite these days and that certainly makes some advertisers very leery.

He's gone from someone who has never gotten a lot of endorsements to someone who's likely not to get any more and likely lose some that he already had,

There aren't many people who succeed in doing it, but at least it's possible.

Some of these deceased personalities have Q scores equal to or greater than some of the live personalities we measure,

Betting on sports is actually a lot more like playing the stock market than it is the other games at the casino. Because in the end, what dictates whether you win at sports is skill.