Avoid losers. If you hear someone use the words 'impossible', 'never', 'too difficult' too often, drop him or her from your social network.

It is my great hope someday, to see science and decision makers rediscover what the ancients have always known. Namely that our highest currency is respect.

Most people are sceptical about the wrong things and gullible about the wrong things.

Half of the people lie with their lips; the other half with their tears

The track record of economists in predicting events is monstrously bad. It is beyond simplification; it is like medieval medicine.

Modernity has replaced ethics with legalese, and the law can be gamed with a good lawyer.

Also, it's good to have more than one profession, in case your own profession goes out of style. A Wall Street trader who's also a belly dancer will do a lot better than a trader who winds up driving a taxi.