“If you want to annoy a poet, explain his poetry.”

“My best definition of a nerd: someone who asks you to explain an aphorism”

“Black Swan has three attributes: unpredictability, consequences, retrospective explainability.”

“People focus on role models; it is more effective to find antimodels - people you don't want to resemble when you grow up”

“Never ask a man if he is from Sparta: If he were, he would have let you know such an important fact - and if he were not, you could hurt his feelings.”

“If you hear a "prominent" economist using the word 'equilibrium,' or 'normal distribution,' do not argue with him; just ignore him, or try to put a rat down his shirt.”

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