You need a government that believes in government. It also believes in markets and wants to give markets the best, the greatest opportunity, but is trying to govern well.

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.

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

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

If its almost right its wrong. Pay attention to your hesitation

The gods, if they exist, are just the people who happen to live on the other side.

The devil doesn't know how to sing, only how to howl.

I understand people have to go to work and earn money and bring up kids, but I always thought, "Why can't I just do what I want to do?"

Heaven is a place of restless activity, the abode of never-tiring thought.

They're my favorite two words these days: Oscar reject.

Some sacrifices are sound; the rest are mine

Death but supplies the oil for the inextinguishable lamp of life.

I imagine that fish have no word for water.