I was single for most of my life. The best thing that happened to me is my wife. I've got four kids. All of them go to Harvard. Much better than their dad. They're really bright kids.

If you keep your nose to the grindstone, you don't have any nose.

Nobody remembers who was the richest toga salesman in Rome.

Everything has a lifecycle. You have to believe it’s going to change.

Growing up, I knew you were supposed to have a profession - and something better than being a shopkeeper, which is what my parents were.

Society can't wait. It's sad there are so many entrepreneurs, business successes and venture capitalists who give no thought to society.

I don't think most analysts understand that whether I work a 70-hour week or an 80-hour week, I take my head with me when I go home.

If you start painting yourself into a corner, life starts shutting down. There is always hopefully a next.

Ask yourself: What forms the decisions you make? What is it that gnaws at you? What are your crucible moments?

Sometimes I wish I lived more in the day, but I'm happier thinking about tomorrow or the day after. The way I see it, there's always a new or next thing.

I am really proud of the development of the people on my team as they grow in purpose; they like what they see in the mirror.

Writing involves many [acts] tasks, not just generating text

I'm not here to perform. I'm here to sign autographs. You have to wait till I come back with my own hand.

Life is very short, try everything you've dreamed about (within the perimeters of sanity and the law) and regret nothing. Oh, and don't forget the sunscreen.

And the next thing is that every war is going to astonish you in the way it occurred, and in the way it is carried out.

Reason is a terrible trap because you will be satisfied with answers. And if you are satisfied with answers, you'll never come to know what life really is.

Traders focus almost entirely on where to enter a trade. In reality, the entry size is often more important than the entry price

Remember: Life is short, break the rules

Helplessness is a place of power if you're helpless before God. Ask God for help in everything you do.

All the drug dealers and gang members with whom I dealt had [a cell phone] long before any police officer I knew did.

Avarice starves its possessor to fatten those who come after, and who are eagerly awaiting the demise of the accumulator.