“A value is like a fax machine: it’s not much use if you’re the only one who has one.”

“One brick is not a wall. Unless you’re an ant, and then it’s not only a wall, it’s a building—a building that has no doors, windows, or people in the form of managers that I’d like to smash in the face with a building (or a brick).
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“If you like pray like a praying mantis or fast like a faxing machine, if you have no faith, you are just wasting your time and energy.”

“...when you’re property-hunting and you’re running out of patience it’s easy to make bad decisions. New York in particular has a way of making people twist reality in their heads. Who cares if the apartment is beneath a flamenco studio? I’ll get used to the noise! Yeah, I know the whole apartment has only one window facing a brick wall, but I’m never at home during the day.”

“One of your siblings has got to be the dumbest. And if you’re an only child—you’re the dumb one.”

“There is only one kind of wisdom that has any social value, and that is the knowledge of one's own limitations.”