Stock market bubbles don't grow out of thin air. They have a solid basis in reality, but reality as distorted by a misconception.

Once we realize that imperfect understanding is the human condition there is no shame in being wrong, only in failing to correct our mistakes.

I'm not better than the next trader, just quicker at admitting my mistakes and moving on to the next opportunity.

There is no point in being confident and having a small position.

It's not whether you're right or wrong that's important, but how much money you make when you're right and how much you lose when you're wrong

To others, being wrong is a source of shame; to me, recognizing my mistakes is a source of pride.

The main obstacle to a stable and just world order is the United States.

Now that I have called you on your false accusation, you are using additional smear tactics.

Esperanto was a very useful language, because wherever you went, you found someone to speak with.

The sovereignty of states must be subordinated to international law and international institutions.

Unfortunately, the more complex the system, the greater the room for error.

Few, if any, survive their teens.

Mom was the midwife who delivered stories to me.

She was unique: there was something abnormal about her, and it was that abnormal something that made her magnetic.

Eventually I knew what hair wanted; it wanted to be itself ... to be left alone by anyone, including me, who did not love it as it was.

Companies don't give job security. Only satisfied customers do.

I seek forgiveness from Allah for the lack of my sincerity when I say I seek the forgiveness of Allah

I concentrated hard and snapped my fingers. "You don't see the sword," I told the girl. "It's just a ballpoint pen." She blinked. "Um . . . no. It's a sword, weirdo.

Too often character assassination has replaced debate in principle here in Washington. Destroy someone's reputation, and you don't have to talk about what he stands for.

It is curious how instinctively one protects the image of oneself from idolatry or any other handling that could make it ridiculous, or too unlike the original to be believed any longer.

Extreme fear can neither fight nor fly.