I was part of the consensus view on derivatives, and it’s fair to say that the consensus missed it. We should have done more to protect the American people.

Dazzling combinations are for the many, shifting wood is for the few.

As a language, R is like French; it has an elegant core, but every rule comes with a set of ad-hoc exceptions that directly contradict it.

Nothing in life is to be feared. It is only to be understood.

Mathematics consists in proving the most obvious thing in the least obvious way.