I'm in favour of religion as a tamer of arrogance. For a Greek Orthodox, the idea of God as creator outside the human is not God in God's terms. My God isn't the God of George Bush.

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.

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

The traits I respect are erudition and the courage to stand up when half-men are afraid for their reputation. Any idiot can be intelligent.

Love without sacrifice is like theft

At no point in history have so many non-risk-takers, that is, those with no personal exposure, exerted so much control.

Education makes the wise slightly wiser, but it makes the fool vastly more dangerous.