“Most Americans have probably heard the song 'Santa Claus Is Coming to ...” — Elif Batuman Quote

“Most Americans have probably heard the song 'Santa Claus Is Coming to Town' about a billion times in the supermarket alone.”

“You base your actions on a projected ending, which you actually don't know. However, when you reach the crucial point, and the pinnacle event doesn't occur, you just need to go on, and something else will happen.”

“I didn't care about truth; I cared about beauty. It took me many years--it took the experience of lived time--to realize that they really are the same thing.”

“It's really easy to create a $1 billion company - you just have to solve a $10 billion problem.”

“If we could magically transport ourselves back to the young Earth, when it was only a billion years old or two billion years old or three billion years old or four billion years old, we wouldn't be able to survive. We would have a hard time surviving if we were transported to the time when dinosaurs were around.”

“Perhaps the secret to making a billion dollars in real estate is that there is no secret.”