Umberto Eco is the owner of a large personal library of almost 30,000 books that he has not read. [To him] read books are far less valuable than unread ones.

The psychologist Gerd Gigerenzer has a simple heuristic. Never ask the doctor what you should do. Ask him what he would do if he were in your place. You would be surprised at the difference

My major hobby is teasing people who take themselves and the quality of their knowledge too seriously and those who don't have the guts to sometimes say: I don't know.

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

Comfort makes you weaker. We need some variability, some stressors. Not too much, but just enough.

I hated school because I liked to daydream and the system tried to stop me from that.

If you are in banking and lending, surprise outcomes are likely to be negative for you.