If my detractors knew me better they would hate me even more.

Bankers, they're not harmed by their mistakes. They benefit when things go right, and the society pays the price.

Karl Marx, a visionary, figured out that you can control a slave much better by convincing him he is an employee.

The irony of the process of thought control: the more energy you put into trying to control your ideas and what you think about, the more your ideas end up controlling you.

To be completely cured of newspapers, spend a year reading the previous week's newspapers.

Wear your best for your execution and stand dignified. Your last recourse against randomness is how you act - if you can't control outcomes, you can control the elegance of your behaviour. You will always have the last word.

A good rule of thumb is as follows: If the numbers come from somebody wearing a tie (Wall Street economist or analyst, industry public relations department, captive think tank academic and so on), you ought to be very skeptical. By design messages from these people are intended to move markets, move merchandise and/or move public policy and are not a comment on the state of the physical universe.