Nassim Nicholas Taleb

To be completely cured of newspapers, spend a year reading the previous week’s newspapers.

That if you need something urgently done, give the task to the busiest (or second busiest) person in the office.

Language is largely made to show-off, gossip, confuse people, delude them, charm them, seduce them, scare them, and exploit them. And, as a side effect, convey information. Just a side effect, you fools.