When I seemed to be irritable or sad, my father would quote the learned Dr. Knight, and then say, 'Just go to sleep.' Like all smart aleck kids, I thought the advice was silly. But as I've grown older, I've realized just how smart Knight was.

Screaming at children over their grades, especially to the point of the child's tears, is child abuse, pure and simple. It's not funny and it's not good parenting. It is a crushing, scarring, disastrous experience for the child. It isn't the least bit funny.

Science leads you to killing people.

I don't really consider myself to be a personal finance expert compared with some others. There are quite a few that know a lot more than I do.

I spend so much time in fear of going broke, and I never have been even remotely close to going broke.

If there's a recession, I'd buy stocks. That's when you make money: when markets are spooked.

I am so in love with just lying in bed listening to Mozart.