I think liberal art faculties at major universities have views that are not very sound, at least on public policy issues - they may know a lot of French however.

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.

God save me from fools with a little philosophy—no one is more difficult to reach.

No one wants to rattle the cage of a "crazy" person whose family tends to snap.

I prefer rugby to soccer. I enjoy the violence in rugby, except when they start biting each other's ears off.

The death of the spirit is the price of progress.

The difference between living and feeling alive, is using your fear as fuel to fly.

It sort of depends on the song. Some of them are pretty easy to write, and others take a while. I do a lot of writing in the morning.

Don't kid yourself. Be honest with yourself. Take your own inventory.

Everything that I do I hear and then I go with my hands, and since I use my hands for both piano and guitar that is kind of hands-on.

So I don't really have a clear plan, in terms of music, as to where I want to head in the future.

But to be fully known and truly loved is, well, a lot like being loved by God.