I have known men who could see through the motivations of others with the skill of a clairvoyant; only to prove blind to their own mistakes. I have been one of those men.

A speculator is a man who observes the future, and acts before it occurs.

The longer I operated on Wall Street the more distrustful I became of tips and inside information of every kind. Given time, I believe that inside information can break the Bank of England

A man can't retire his experience.

You can talk about capitalism and communism and all that sort of thing, but the important thing is the struggle everybody is engaged in to get better living conditions, and they are not interested too much in government.

Although the shooting war is over, we are in the midst of a cold war which is getting warmer.

There are no such things as incurables. There are only things for which man has not found a cure.