The utility, or intrinsic value of gold as a commodity is now considerably less than in the past; its monetary status has become extraordinarily ambiguous; and its future is highly uncertain.

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 worst thing you can do to your loved ones is judging them through the eyes of others.

She knew better than to challenge a man who spent his life preparing for the apocalypse.

Love is my family and friends. That close-knit circle that sticks by you through the years and through it all.

One thing about prejudices -- once you break one of them, you're screwed, because then they all have got to go.

Fantasy abandoned by reason produces impossible monsters

I think being a singer-songwriter... your job is to tell a story that other people can't really tell themselves.

If we are to change America, we must change the United States Congress.

Meaningful truths are never newly discovered; they're just uncovered anew.

The problem with this world is not enough problem solvers. So, if you become a problem solver you become rich.

The spiritual virtue of a sacrament is like light; although it passes among the impure, it is not polluted.