It would be easier to screw up American Express than Coke or Gillette, but it's an immensely strong business.

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.

Timid people always reek their peevishness on the gentle.

The desired Islamic state might be likened to an orchard planted with olive and palm trees that will take a relatively long time to produce fruit.

When we are young, we want to be old and for things to change. When we are old, we want to be young and for things to go back to the way they were.

Everyone in our generation lives in a world where you're surrounded by all sorts of music all the time. People's tastes are made of combinations of genres.

Not only do I believe that it is possible to maintain moral standards without the crutch of religion but I would argue that it is the only way to achieve true goodness.

Wonderful theory, wrong species.

Wisdom disguises our wounds; it teaches us how to bleed in secret.

Sometimes when learning comes before experience It doesn't make sense right away.

It's so much easier when you've got guys on base and the whole offense is clicking.

I go to bed at 4 a. m. Almost all chessplayers do.