Please, don’t drive a school bus blindfolded.

The narrative fallacy addresses our limited ability to look at sequences of facts without weaving an explanation into them, or, equivalently, forcing a logical link, an arrow of relationship, upon them. Explanations bind facts together. They make them all the more easily remembered; they help them make more sense. Where this propensity can go wrong is when it increases our impression of understanding.

The world we live in is vastly different from the world we think we live in.

I am happy everywhere except in places where I see glitz and rich farts. I am happiest in Brooklyn, where the concentration of rich farts is minimal.

You have family-owned businesses that have been around for 500 years. You cannot name a corporation that survives intact for even a few decades.

Suckers try to win arguments, nonsuckers try to win.

They will envy you for your success, your wealth, for your intelligence, for your looks, for your status - but rarely for your wisdom.