Scepticism is effortful and costly. It is better to be sceptical about matters of large consequences, and be imperfect, foolish and human in the small and the aesthetic.

When an investor focuses on short-term investments, he or she is observing the variability of the portfolio, not the returns - in short, being fooled by randomness.

I don't know anyone on Wall Street who goes to work every day thinking of anything but how to increase their bonus.

You will get the most attention from those who hate you. No friend, no admirer and no partner will flatter you with as much curiosity.

The imagination of the genius vastly surpasses his intellect; the intellect of the academic vastly surpasses his imagination

We glorify those who left their names in history books at the expense of those contributors about whom our books are silent. We humans are not just a superficial race - we are a very unfair one.

Charm is the ability to insult people without offending them; nerdiness the reverse