The grandchildren should not bear the debts of the grandparents.

Most so-called writers keep writing and writing with the hope, some day, to find something to say.

The fool generalizes the particular; the nerd particularizes the general; some do both; and the wise does neither

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

If you want to annoy a poet, explain his poetry.

We tend to treat our knowledge as personal property to be protected and defended. It is an ornament that allows us to rise in the pecking order. [...] We take what we know a little too seriously.

Banks have never made money in the history of banking, losing the equivalent of all their past profits periodically - while bankers strike it rich.