Existential depression has always annoyed me; it is one of the world's most pointless forms of suffering.

When you are older, you will learn that the first and foremost thing which any ordinary person does is nothing.

I'm lazy! I hate work! Hate hard work in all its forms! Clever shortcuts, that's all I'm about!

What people really believe doesn't feel like a BELIEF, it feels like the way the world IS.

Litmus test: If you can't describe Ricardo's Law of Comparative Advantage and explain why people find it counterintuitive, you don't know enough about economics to direct any criticism or praise at "capitalism" because you don't know what other people are referring to when they use that word.

If I'm teaching deep things, then I view it as important to make people feel like they're learning deep things, because otherwise, they will still have a hole in their mind for "deep truths" that needs filling, and they will go off and fill their heads with complete nonsense that has been written in a more satisfying style.

Boys," said Hermione Granger, "should not be allowed to love girls without asking them first! This is true in a number of ways and especially when it comes to gluing people to the ceiling!