Political life loves some volatility.

By setting oneself totally free of constraints, free of thoughts, free of this debilitating activity called work, free of efforts, elements hidden in the texture of reality start staring at you; then mysteries that you never thought existed emerge in front of your eyes.

It was obvious that their profits were simply cash borrowed from destiny with some random payback time.

Anything that provides you with very, very stable income, very stable conditions, maybe generally stable, that often, it masks real risks, risks of blow-ups.

My best definition of a nerd: someone who asks you to explain an aphorism

It is much harder to become independent if you are wealthy than to become wealthy if you are independent.

The imagination of the genius vastly surpasses his intellect; the intellect of the academic vastly surpasses his imagination