The classical man's worst fear was inglorious death; the modern man's worst fear is just death

I remind myself of Einstein's remark that common sense is nothing but a collection of misconceptions acquired by age 18.

A prophet is not someone with special visions, just someone blind to most of what others see

Probability is not about the odds, but about the belief in the existence of an alternative outcome, cause, or motive.

You will be civilized on the day you can spend a long period doing nothing, learning nothing, and improving nothing, without feeling the slightest amount of guilt.

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

It was obvious that their profits were simply cash borrowed from destiny with some random payback time.