He really meant to tell them that the big money was not in the individual fluctuations but in the main movements that is, not in reading the tape but in sizing up the entire market and its trend.

It never was my thinking that made the big money for me. It always was my sitting.

To anticipate the market is to gamble. To be patient and react only when the market gives the signal is to speculate.

Don't take action with a trade until the market, itself, confirms your opinion. Being a little late in a trade is insurance that your opinion is correct. In other words, don't be an impatient trader.

The stock market is never obvious. It is designed to fool most of the people, most of the time.

Men who can both be right and sit tight are uncommon.

A prudent speculator never argues with the tape. Markets are never wrong, opinions often are.

The market does not beat them. They beat themselves, because though they have brains they cannot sit tight.

Every once in a while you must go to cash, take a break, take a vacation. Don't try to play the market all the time. It can't be done, too tough on the emotions.

It isn't as important to buy as cheap as possible as it is to buy at the right time.

Wall Street never changes, the pockets change, the suckers change, the stocks change, but Wall Street never changes, because human nature never changes.

We gather our arms full of guilt as though it were precious stuff. It must be that we want it that way.

My balls shrank in terror. I was convinced we were going to die.

Swing hard, in case they throw the ball where you're swinging.

There is a strange pecking order among actors. Theatre actors look down on film actors, who look down on TV actors. Thank God for reality shows, or we wouldn't have anybody to look down on.

Love is self deception. I am a living creature. Hate is only self love. I am a double feature.

A medical revolution has extended the life of our elder citizens without providing the dignity and security those later years deserve.

To see the world is to judge the judges.

There are so many ebbs and flows in life, but when you're raising small children, your family means everything.

I never lose an opportunity to speak about my obsession: humankind and the environment.