If you have more than one reason to do something (choose a doctor or veterinarian, hire a gardener or an employee, marry a person, go on a trip), just don’t do it. It does not mean that one reason is better than two, just that by invoking more than one reason you are trying to convince yourself to do something. Obvious decisions (robust to error) require no more than a single reason.

At no point in history have so many non-risk-takers, that is, those with no personal exposure, exerted so much control.

When we want to do something while unconsciously certain to fail, we seek advice so we can blame someone else for the failure.

I no longer care about the financial system. I gave them my roadmap. OK? Thanks, bye. I've no idea what's going on. I'm disconnected. I'm totally disengaged.

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

If you see fraud and do not say fraud, you are a fraud.

Being an entrepreneur is an existential, not just a financial thing.