It is a misfortune of the times that all of us must needs be amateur economists-including, and perhaps especially, the professionals.

Investing isn't about beating others at their game. It's about controlling yourself at your own game.

Successful investing is about managing risk, not avoiding it.

The intelligent investor is a realist who sells to optimists and buys from pessimists.

In the short run, the market is a voting machine, but in the long run it is a weighing machine.

In the world of securities, courage becomes the supreme virtue after adequate knowledge and a tested judgment are at hand.

Before you invest, you must ensure that you have realistically assessed your probability of being right and how you will react to the consequences of being wrong.

The true investor... will do better if he forgets about the stock market and pays attention to his dividend returns and to the operation results of his companies.

If you are shopping for common stocks, choose them the way you would buy groceries, not the way you would buy perfume.

A great company is not a great investment if you pay too much for the stock.

An investment operation is one which, upon thorough analysis, promises safety of principal and an adequate return.

The young man who wants to marry happily should pick out a good mother and marry one of her daughters - any one will do.

Most artists, you know, you spend their entire lives learning how to play music and write songs, and they don't really know how the music business works.

If you don't respect yourself, don't expect others to respect you.

All she's caught is fleas! She's a medicine cat, not a warrior. She should be helping me, not trying to pretend that her entire history vanished on the day the truth came out.

I always say to people, "If you share my dream, why don't we walk together?" And that's my only organizing tool.

- Tears don't become us. - What becomes us? - Action.

Have you ever noticed that when people use the expression 'I have to say', what follows usually needn't be said?

My Vegas act is how I make my money.

We've got to teach history based not on what's in fashion, but what's important.

I write lyrics everyday as I go. I'm always taking notes in my phone whenever I am inspired by something. Most of my writing starts out as poetry before I put it into songs.