Long shots almost always miss the mark.

It's human nature to keep doing something as long as it's pleasurable and you can succeed at it, which is why the world population continues to double every 40 years.

Far more money has been lost by investors preparing for corrections, or trying to anticipate corrections, than has been lost in corrections themselves.

Although it's easy to forget sometimes, a share is not a lottery ticket... it's part-ownership of a business.

Never invest in any idea you can't illustrate with a crayon

When stocks are attractive, you buy them. Sure, they can go lower. I've bought stocks at $12 that went to $2, but then they later went to $30. You just don't know when you can find the bottom.

Everyone has the brain power to make money in stocks. Not everyone has the stomach.

You only need a few good stocks in your lifetime. I mean how many times do you need a stock to go up ten-fold to make a lot of money? Not a lot.

Know what you own, and know why you own it.

The person that turns over the most rocks wins the game. And that's always been my philosophy.

Never invest in a company without understanding its finances. The biggest losses in stocks come from companies with poor balance sheets.

The road to overcoming your fears could lead you to unbearable places but sometimes such gives you an edge than nothing else could give.

Bring a torch, if you've got one. It's as dark as hell and stinks of something far worse than cheese.

With audacity one can undertake anything.

Why should it be essential to love rarely in order to love much?

I can't remember when I wasn't an animal rights activist.

I played in the high school band. I was the one baritone saxophone out of 80 other people. No one could tell whether I was hittin the right notes or the wrong notes.

Turning fifty ... is like flying: hours of boredom punctuated by moments of sheer terror.

I'm so lucky to have such a great family. I respect them so much professionally, and they've been unconditionally supportive in the choices that I've made. It's been very good having them on my side.

I was stopped in the dense Soviet wood by bandits who called themselves my judges.

I never heard tell of any clever man that came of entirely stupid people.