Quoting Demosthenes, 'For what each man wishes, that he also believes to be true.' I would rather make money playing a piano in a whorehouse than arguing that no cost is incurred when employees are paid in stock options instead of cash. I am not kidding.

Part of [having uncommon sense] is being able to tune out folly, as opposed to recognizing wisdom. If you bat away many things, you don't clutter yourself.

I do not think you can trust bankers to control themselves. They are like heroin addicts.

Opportunity comes to the prepared mind.

You don't have to have perfect wisdom to get very rich - just a bit better than average over a long period of time.

I won’t bet $100 against house odds between now and the grave.

Strategic plans cause more dumb decisions than anything else in America.