Don't disturb complicated systems that have been around for a very long time. We don't understand their logic. Don't pollute the planet. Leave it the way we found it, regardless of scientific 'evidence'.

Probability is not a mere computation of odds on the dice or more complicated variants; it is the acceptance of the lack of certainty in our knowledge and the development of methods for dealing with our ignorance.

Deficits are like putting dynamite in the hands of children. They can get out of control very quickly.

I am happy everywhere except in places where I see glitz and rich farts. I am happiest in Brooklyn, where the concentration of rich farts is minimal.

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

History doesn't crawl; it leaps.

Suckers try to win arguments, nonsuckers try to win.