Even in pure mathematics they can't remove all paradox, and the rest of us should also recognize we are going to have to endure a lot of paradox, like it or not.

What's the best way to get a good spouse? The best single way is to deserve a good spouse because a good spouse is by definition not nuts.

I think that one should recognize reality even when one doesn't like it; indeed, especially when one doesn't like it.

Well the open-outcry auction is just made to turn the brain into mush: you've got social proof, the other guy is bidding, you get reciprocation tendency, you get deprival super-reaction syndrome, the thing is going away... I mean it just absolutely is designed to manipulate people into idiotic behavior.

At Berkshire Hathaway we do not like to compete against Chinese manufacturers.

I did not succeed in life by intelligence. I succeeded because I have a long attention span.

The only intelligence investing is value investing...to acquire more than one is paying for.