I have a black belt in chutzpah. I was born with it. Some people, like some of the women I know, have a black belt in spending. They were born with that. But what they gave me was a black belt in chutzpah.

Cicero's words also increased my personal satisfaction by supporting my long-standing rejection of a conventional point of view.

Expect hogs to eat a lot more in the presence of a lot of hog wash.

I call myself the assistant cult leader.

I regard the amount of brainpower going into money management as a national scandal. When some idiot would get rich, they'd say, 'Well, old Charlie was out in the field playing the big brass tuba on the day it rained gold.' A lot of people have become rich lately who were playing the tuba on the day it rained gold.

I remember the $0.05 hamburger and a $0.40-per-hour minimum wage, so I've seen a tremendous amount of inflation in my lifetime. Did it ruin the investment climate? I think not.

I think that, every time you saw the word EBITDA, you should substitute the word "bullshit" earnings.