If you're going to fail, you'd rather fail early than fail late in general.

When you ask people, 'What's the opposite of fragile?,' they tend to say robust, resilient, adaptable, solid, strong. That's not it. The opposite of fragile is something that gains from disorder.

Academia is to knowledge what prostitution is to love.

My best definition of a nerd: someone who asks you to explain an aphorism

Scientists don't know what they are talking about when they talk about religion. Religion has nothing to do with belief, and I don't believe it has any negative impact on people's lives outside of intolerance. Why do I go to church? It's like asking, why did you marry that woman? You make up reasons, but it's probably just smell. I love the smell of candles. It's an aesthetic thing.

The opposite of manliness isn't cowardice; it's technology.

Being an economist is the least ethical profession, closer to charlatanism than any science.