He Was Ignorant, But A Lot Of

Each Firm Held Its Rope; One By One, They Realized That No Matter How Strongly They Pulled, The Balloon Would Eventually Lift Them Off Their Feet.

The Men On The Trading Floor May Not Have Been To School, But They Have Ph.d.’s In Man’s Ignorance.

Every Form Of Strength Is Also A Form Of Weakness,” He Once Wrote. “pretty Girls Tend To Become Insufferable Because, Being Pretty, Their Faults Are Too Much Tolerated. Possessions Entrap Men, And Wealth Paralyzes Them. I Learned To Write Because I Am One Of Those People Who Somehow Cannot Manage The Common Communications Of Smiles And Gestures, But Must Use Words To Get Across Things That Other People Would Never Need To Say.

Above All, Recognize That If You Have Had Success, You Have Also Had Luck — And With Luck Comes Obligation. You Owe A Debt, And Not Just To Your Gods. You Owe A Debt To The Unlucky.

My Client Loved Risk. Risk, I Had Learned, Was A Commodity In Itself. Risk Could Be Canned And Sold Like Tomatoes.