"When I die, I want the highest number of firemen, risk takers, & other real people and the smallest number of academics to attend my funeral."

"The world is more random than we think, and we are more fragile than we think."

"The only way to be a philosopher is to practice what you preach—and the only way to practice what you preach is to be a philosopher."

"The function of the university is to make the student fall in love with the library."

"I trust prostitutes more than bankers."