"[Lawyers who file class-action securities suits] is not a group you would want to marry into your family. "That said, more than half the time the people being sued by the Lerach firm are guilty of outrageous conduct. The problem is, they don't mind (suing) the other half. They are an equal opportunity litigator."

Any year that you don't destroy one of your best-loved ideas is probably a wasted year

The wise ones bet heavily when the world offers them that opportunity. They bet big when they have the odds. And the rest of the time, they don't. It's just that simple.

There must be some wisdom in the folk saying: Its the strong swimmers who drown.

A rough rule in life is that an organization foolish in one way in dealing with a complex system is all too likely to be foolish in another.

Hard work, honesty, if you keep at it, will get you almost anything.

The harder you work, the more confidence you get. But you may be working hard on something that is false.