Most people...find a disorientating mismatch between the long-term nature of their liabilities and the increasingly short-term nature of their assets.

Most people...find a disorientating mismatch between the long-term nature of their liabilities and the increasingly short-term nature of their assets.

Avarice is the vice of declining years.

Avarice is the vice of declining years.

Women do not win formula one races, because they simply are not strong enough to resist the G-forces. In the read more

Women do not win formula one races, because they simply are not strong enough to resist the G-forces. In the boardroom, it is different. I believe women are better able to marshal their thoughts than men and because they are less egotistical they make fewer assumptions.

It is your mind that matters economically, as much or more than your mouth or hands. In the long run, read more

It is your mind that matters economically, as much or more than your mouth or hands. In the long run, the most important economic effect of population size and growth is the contribution of additional people to our stock of useful knowledge. And this contribution is large enough in the long run to overcome all the costs of population growth.

People who work sitting down get paid more than people who work standing up.

People who work sitting down get paid more than people who work standing up.

Money doesn't talk, it swears.

Money doesn't talk, it swears.

Whales only get harpooned when they come to the surface, and turtles can only move forward when they stick their read more

Whales only get harpooned when they come to the surface, and turtles can only move forward when they stick their neck out, but investors face risk no matter what they do.

The dynamics of capitalism is postponement of enjoyment to the constantly postponed future.

The dynamics of capitalism is postponement of enjoyment to the constantly postponed future.

My riches consist not in the extent of my possessions, but in the fewness of my wants.

My riches consist not in the extent of my possessions, but in the fewness of my wants.