The Geometer has the special privilege to carry out, by abstraction, all constructions by means of the intellect.

winds are produced by differences of air temperature, and hence density, between two regions of earth.

Living submerged at the bottom of an ocean of air.

I finished the [blog] post reflecting on the fact that, despite all the changes in my life, maybe I wasn't so different after all. If I typed it, maybe I could believe it, too.

In school, we learn that mistakes translate into bad grades. This unfortunate lesson gets burned into our brains, and we go through life shunning challenges that might end in failure.

No matter how skillful the trading scheme, over the long haul, abnormal returns are sustained only through abnormal exposure to risk.

I don't want to die without scars.

I've just had eighteen straight whiskies. I think that's the record.

So writing a song is much harder than doing a classical piece for me, because in a classical piece, I can just let the mood dictate what's going to happen.

I'm just an entertainer, man. I don't like to pigeonhole myself to anything. I love to do it all.

Christianity did not come with tidings of great joy, but with a message of eternal grief. It came with the threat of everlasting torture on its lips. It meant war on earth and perdition hereafter.

If I was white I would have been like John Wayne... I feel like a tragic hero in a Shakespeare play

Consciously cultivate the ordinary.