"The problem with modernity is that it has removed us from our natural environment."

"I wonder if anyone ever measured the time it takes, at a party, before a mildly successful stranger who went to Harvard makes others aware of it."

"Medieval man was a cog in a wheel he did not understand; modern man is a cog in a complicated system he thinks he understands."

"Never trust anyone who doesn't drink alcohol."

"Imbeciles summarize the black swan by 'shit happens.' Intelligent people say 'Let us learn how not to be a Turkey.'"