Bankers, they're not harmed by their mistakes. They benefit when things go right, and the society pays the price.

Never think that lack of variability is stability. Don't confuse lack of volatility with stability, ever.

Suckers try to win arguments, nonsuckers try to win.

All of technology, really, is about maximizing free options.

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

If you have more than one reason to do something (choose a doctor or veterinarian, hire a gardener or an employee, marry a person, go on a trip), just don’t do it. It does not mean that one reason is better than two, just that by invoking more than one reason you are trying to convince yourself to do something. Obvious decisions (robust to error) require no more than a single reason.

I hated school because I liked to daydream and the system tried to stop me from that.