notable quotables

Einstein described relativity this way: “Put your hand on a hot stove for a minute, and it seems like an hour. Sit with a pretty girl for an hour, and it seems like a minute. That’s relativity.”

A banker is a fellow who lends you his umbrella when the sun is shining, but wants it back the minute it begins to rain.

Quando tu mueras, nadie te recordada por tus pensamientos. Di lo que piensas, en vida.

The most important task for philosophy in the modern world is to resurrect the human person, to rescue it from trivializing science, and to replace the sarcasm which knows that we are merely animals, with the irony which sees that we are not

Never believe anything until it has been officially denied

Nothing worth learning can ever be taught

Investment banks are places where really intelligent people go to escape from the responsibilities and challenges of their own intellect
the further backward you look, the further forward you can see

Modesty is the virtue by which others underestimate your capabilities