"I love South American food, and I haven’t really been down there. I really need a vacation." ― Nate Silver Topic(s): Pet More From Nate Silver "People still don’t appreciate how ephemeral success is." "A lot of journalism wants to have what they call objectivity without them having a commitment to pursuing the truth, but that doesn’t work. Objectivity requires belief in and a commitment toward pursuing the truth – having an object outside of our personal point of view." "I was looking for something like baseball, where there’s a lot of data and the competition was pretty low. That’s when I discovered politics." More In Pet "It is impossible for a lover of cats to banish these alert, gentle, and discriminating friends, who give us just enough of their regard and complaisance to make us hunger for more."― Agnes Repplier "Cats have it all – admiration, an endless sleep, and company only when they want it."― Rod McKuen "Until one has loved an animal a part of one’s soul remains unawakened."― Anatole France