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

You are rich if and only if money you refuse tastes better than money you accept.

"Our human race is affected by a chronic underestimation of the possibility of the future straying from the course initially envisioned (in addition to other biases that sometimes exert a compounding effect). To take an obvious example, think about how many people divorce. Almost all of them are acquainted with the statistic that between one-third and one-half of all marriages fail, something the parties involved did not forecast while tying the knot. Of course, "not us," because "we get along so well" (as if others tying the knot got along poorly)."

Anyone who likes meetings should be banned from attending meetings.