Never take advice from anyone in a tie. They'll bankrupt you. Don't ask a general for advice on war, and don't ask a broker for advice on money.

Go to parties. You can't even start to know what you may find on the envelope of serendipity. If you suffer from agoraphobia, send colleagues.

Academia is to knowledge what prostitution is to love.

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

Love without sacrifice is like theft

We cannot truly plan, because we do not understand the future-but this is not necessarily a bad news. We could plan while bearing in mind such limitations. It just takes guts.

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