If we carry this line of argument to its logical conclusion, the meaning of life consists of the flaws in one's conceptions and what one does about them. Life can be seen as a fertile fallacy.

Once we realize that imperfect understanding is the human condition there is no shame in being wrong, only in failing to correct our mistakes.

I'm not better than the next trader, just quicker at admitting my mistakes and moving on to the next opportunity.

There is no point in being confident and having a small position.

It's not whether you're right or wrong that's important, but how much money you make when you're right and how much you lose when you're wrong

To others, being wrong is a source of shame; to me, recognizing my mistakes is a source of pride.

The main obstacle to a stable and just world order is the United States.

Now that I have called you on your false accusation, you are using additional smear tactics.

Esperanto was a very useful language, because wherever you went, you found someone to speak with.

Stock market bubbles don't grow out of thin air. They have a solid basis in reality, but reality as distorted by a misconception.

The sovereignty of states must be subordinated to international law and international institutions.

I've often gone to start a film only to find the producers surprised to discover that I'm American.

When they were putting oil rigs up and down the California coast, the whole issue of safe energy and the addiction to fossil fuels really came into focus.

Both of my parents are actually music teachers.

To accept the truth of who you really are takes nothing short of realization. You have to see the diamond for yourself.

When I pass a flowering zucchini plant in a garden, my heart skips a beat.

In nine cases out of ten, a woman had better show more affection than she feels.

I'm a bartender. I like recipes. They're concretes. Was the drink recipe for seduction one shot charm and two shots self-deception, shaken, not stirred?

The music business is really, really small. The real music is becoming almost extinct, if you don't stay true to who you are.

If you peel back the layers of your life-the frenzy, the noise-stillness is waiting. That stillness is you.

The most important thing in my father's life? World peace. Me and my brother. My mom.