The problem of knowledge is that there are many more books on birds written by ornithologists than books on birds written by birds and books on ornithologists written by birds

You have family-owned businesses that have been around for 500 years. You cannot name a corporation that survives intact for even a few decades.

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

To become a philosopher, start by walking very slowly.

We should ban banks from risk-taking because society is going to pay the price.

But they never notice the following inconsistency: this so-called worst-case event, when it happened, exceeded the worst case at the time.

An idea starts to be interesting when you get scared of taking it to its logical conclusion.