"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."

"You will never convince a monkey to give you a banana by promising him limitless bananas after death in monkey heaven."

"Beware of people who always agree with you."

"Academia is a graveyard of ideas."

"I can’t believe how much time people waste on things that don’t matter."