"If you have more than one reason to do something (choose a doctor or veterinarian, hire a gardener or an employee, marry a person, go on a trip), just don't do it. Obvious decisions (robust to error) …"

"Unlike dilettantes, career professionals are to knowledge what prostitutes are to love."

"The problem with government is that it's designed to solve problems, but it often creates more."

"CNBC journalists are idiots."

"You exist if and only if you are free to do things without a visible economic gain."