Intense interest in any subject is indispensable if you're really going to excel in it.

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.

Why live for tomorrow, when you’re not even through living today! Focus on what you can accomplish now and create the tomorrow's you desire today….

I mean, look, I love movies, not just the ones I make... In fact, I don't like the movies I make very much.

We only learn to behave ourselves in the presence of God.

All my life I have had a certain idea of France.

I don't want to do the same thing over and over again.

When we do for others, we can't help but be touched by the love and generosity we thought we were giving away.

The wise man lives as long as he ought, not so long as he can.

I am a showman by profession... and all the gilding shall make nothing else of me.

If more women want to be a part of the computer industry today, they have to do more to put themselves there. Nobody is keeping them out.

Once on the streets of New York a woman called the police because her child spoke to me.