Karl Marx, a visionary, figured out that you can control a slave much better by convincing him he is an employee.

Suckers try to win arguments, nonsuckers try to win.

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

Steve Jobs, Bill Gates and Mark Zuckerberg didn't finish college. Too much emphasis is placed on formal education - I told my children not to worry about their grades but to enjoy learning.

The opposite of fragile is something that gains from disorder.

The fragile wants tranquility, the antifragile grows from disorder, and the robust doesn't care too much.

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.