Banks have a strong self-preservation instinct and are quick to adapt to new regulations.

Most Swiss banks do have a whistleblower program, but they use it to punish those who avail themselves of it.

I grew up in Monaco, and in that environment going into the financial sector was the obvious choice.

Manipulating [is] just the way to proceed, to convince that what you're doing is important. Is nothing more than that. Everyone is manipulating.

When I was young, I thought banks were there to protect the assets of people who had justified concerns, because of their experiences under communism for example.

Money is easy to hide.

Pursue what catches your heart, not what catches your eye.

Today you can start forming habits for overcoming all obstacles in life... even nicotine cravings

You can't take anything with you. So I don't understand this whole psychotic area of greed, I don't get it.

Wait until companies have an initial prototype, have shown that they have the potential to be profitable and have the ability to scale. That's the best time to invest.

No compass has ever been invented for the high seas of matrimony.

There's a lot of heartache because you don't always win. You need loads of determination.

Life is a mystery. Life is uncertain. It makes one feel a bit wobbly to realize that.

I feel like I'm just learning how to play the guitar. I mean, really learning to play the guitar

People fight, they get angry, they do drugs, and they do crazy things.

This is pretty much the infrastructural stuff that comes along with large quantities of energy. Whichever technology we are looking at has serious hazardous issues.