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

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.

It only takes a handful of big winners to make a lifetime of investing worthwhile.

Do kisses fade like Polaroid pictures if you don't pay attention to them?

Early impressions are hard to eradicate from the mind. When once wool has been dyed purple, who can restore it to its previous whiteness?

A boxer makes a comeback for two reasons: either he’s broke or he needs the money.

When you come to be sensibly touched, the scales will fall from your eyes; and by the penetrating eyes of love you will discern that which your other eyes will never see.

I actually studied cooking and, like, was thinking about becoming a chef.

I just wanted to make music, and grime wasn't exactly the path that I took naturally. It was something that was put on me as a label.

Not going to give casual worship to a God of extravagant beauty and grace!

Most venture capital funds are too short-termist and exit-driven to deal with the highly uncertain and lengthy innovation process.

I'm black, I don't feel burdened by it and I don't think it's a huge responsibility. It's part of who I am. It does not define me.

The most important story we'll ever write in life is our own-not with ink, but with our daily choices.