And if you take Warren Buffett and watched him with a time clock, I would say half of all the time he spends is sitting on his ass and reading. And a big chunk of the rest of the time is spent talking one on one either on the telephone or personally with highly gifted people whom he trusts and who trust him. In other words, it looks quite academic, all this worldly success.
I've been through it all, baby, I'm mother courage.
The best way to predict the future is to invent it.
Precision in science requires both rigor and creativity.
The best stories are the ones that are not afraid to confront the darkness.
The world is a great sea, and we are the sailors.