The imagination of the genius vastly surpasses his intellect; the intellect of the academic vastly surpasses his imagination

The twentieth century was the bankruptcy of the social utopia; the twenty-first will be that of the technological one.

true humility is when you can surprise yourself more than others; the rest is either shyness or good marketing

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

Never take advice from someone wearing a tie.

The track record of economists in predicting events is monstrously bad. It is beyond simplification; it is like medieval medicine.

Hard work will get you a professorship or a BMW. You need both work and luck for a Booker, a Nobel or a private jet.