Via Ultimi Barbarorum:

Denial’s not just a river in Africa, girlfriend.

“The ultimate result of shielding men from the effects of folly is to fill the world with fools.” – Herbert Spencer

It’s called the endowment effect: once you have money, you’re more
scared of losing it than you are excited about seeing it grow.

Capitalism without failure is like religion without sin.

The safest way to rob a bank is to own one.

A husband is a man who lost his liberty in the pursuit of happiness.

Money talks, BS walks.

There is no idiot quite like the ostensibly well educated idiot.

Famous Chinese curse: May you live in interesting times.

“If there’s anything worth arguing about, either bet on it or shut up.”- Amarillo Slim

The ultimate resource is the human mind, and it is a renewable resource. – Julian Simon

As Jane Austen might have said, it is a truth universally acknowledged
that a man who single-handedly loses a large fortune, especially one
that wasn’t of his own making, must be way more interesting than the
average man.

“A ship in the harbor is safe – but that is not what ships are for” – John Shedd

“All progress is based upon a universal, innate desire on the part of every organism to live beyond its income.” – Samuel Butler

Eric Falkenstein’s Criticism of Taleb: Must Read

The bumper sticker “shit happens” is kind of funny, kind of true, but hardly profound.

And joy is, after all, the end of life. We do not live to eat and make money. We eat and make money to be able to live. That is what life means and what life is for. -George Mallory

“Economic history is a never-ending series of episodes based on
falsehoods and lies. The object is to recognize the trend whose premise
is false, ride the trend, then step off before the premise is
discredited.”
- George Soros