Probability is not about the odds, but about the belief in the existence of an alternative outcome, cause, or motive.

If you don't feel that you haven't read enough, you haven't read enough.

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

Banking is a very treacherous business because you don't realize it is risky until it is too late. It is like calm waters that deliver huge storms.

Ideas come and go, stories stay.

Modernity has replaced ethics with legalese, and the law can be gamed with a good lawyer.

I want them poor and they deserve to be poor. You can't have capitalism without punishment.