“There are plenty of ways to get ahead. The first is so basic I'm almost embarrassed to say it: spend less than you earn”
“Some scientists claim that hydrogen, because it is so plentiful, is the basic building block of the universe. I dispute that. I say there is more stupidity than hydrogen, and that is the basic building block of the universe.”
“If you know how to spend less than you get, you have the philosopher's stone.”
“People love to see you get ahead — so long as you don't get farther ahead than they are.”
“There's nothing more embarrassing than to have earned the disfavor of a perceptive animal.”
“…It’s like a spiral: They keep making everything more basic so it will appeal to everyone. And gradually, everyone gets used to everything being basic, so we get less and less varied as people, more simple. So the corps make everything even simpler. And it goes on and on.”