You must never delude yourself into thinking that you're investing when you're speculating.

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.

No more running, no more half living, starving or fear. You have it better than me now, I think.

True confidence is born of experiencing your hard work and seeing your determination pay off.

There is so much that must be done in a civilized barbarism like war.

A career, like a business, must be budgeted. When it is necessary, the budget can be adjusted to meet changing conditions. A life that hasn't a definite plan is likely to become driftwood.

To trust people is a luxury in which only the wealthy can indulge; the poor cannot afford it.

My husband says I can do anything I put my mind to, but the truth i, the only thing I want to do is act.

Street sign: Ho Hum Road & Easy Street In retirement, I look for days off from my days off.

The truth is, no matter how modest Steven [Sebring] is, he was obsessed with the outcome of the film [Dream of Life]. Every single frame was important to him.

I like that you can easily flip the sheets over and have a different feel or vibe in your room. You don't have to go get a whole brand-new set of sheets.

I broke my arm trying to fold a bed. It wasn't the kind that folds.