At Berkshire Hathaway we do not like to compete against Chinese manufacturers.

The best thing a human being can do is to help another human being know more.

Intelligent people make decisions based on opportunity costs.

Mimicking the herd invites regression to the mean.

I did not succeed in life by intelligence. I succeeded because I have a long attention span.

The big money is not in the buying and selling ... but in the waiting.

Great investing requires a lot of delayed gratification.

When you locate a bargain, you must ask, 'Why me, God? Why am I the only one who could find this bargain?'

Our job is to find a few intelligent things to do, not to keep up with every damn thing in the world.

I believe in the discipline of mastering the best that other people have ever figured out. I don't believe in just sitting down and trying to dream it all up yourself. Nobody's that smart.

A lot of success in life and business comes from knowing what you want to avoid: early death, a bad marriage, etc.

Oversight versus Insight: Most of us want to oversee the situation without insight of the situation. Knowledge is King.

In altered states of consciousness, the nervous system itself becomes a ‘sixth sense’ that produces a variety of images including entoptic phenomena.

It may be a childish torment, but we do not get to choose our demons.

Once a Catholic always a Catholic.

Do not underestimate the power of an enemy, no matter how great or small, to rise against you another day.

I like playing off strong actors, whether it's Benedict Cumberbatch or Dominic Cooper. Also I'm a hopeless romantic, so I'm fascinated by relationships.

Writing by hand is a way of letting mystery into my writing. But I'm constantly trying to figure out how to do this job. It's a work in progress.

I count my blessings every day, quite honestly, because I take nothing for granted.

When you have the opportunity, you strike.

Happiness is not the belief that we don't need to change; it's the realization that we can.