Quotes

2025

Thanks to all those who lead adventurous lives, who help me get out of the ordinary, hoping that I can experience the joys and dangers of uncertainty.

Pessimists sound smart. Optimists make money.

— Nat Friedman

Intellectuals are naturally attracted by the idea of a planned society, in the belief that they will be in charge of it.

— Roger Scruton

We have not succeeded in answering all our problems. The answers we have found only serve to raise a whole set of new questions. In some ways, we feel we are as confused as ever, but we believe we are confused on a higher level and about more important things.

— The Workshop Way of Learning (1951)

I'd rather deal with a guy with an IQ of 130 who thinks it's 125 than a guy with an IQ of 180 that thinks it's 200. The second guy will kill you.

— Warren Buffet

Brilliant thinking is rare, but courage is in even shorter supply than genius.

— Peter Thiel