It's not supposed to be easy. Anyone who finds it easy is stupid.

Learn how to ignore the examples from others when they are wrong, because few skills are more worth having.

All I want to know is where I’m going to die, so I’ll never go there

The safest way to get what you want is to deserve what you want.

I like people admitting they were complete stupid horses' asses. I know I'll perform better if I rub my nose in my mistakes. This is a wonderful trick to learn.

The world is getting very much more competitive.

If you have only a little capital and are young today, there are fewer opportunities than when I was young. Back then, we had just come out of a depression. Capitalism was a bad word. There had been abuses in the 1920s. A joke going around then was the guy who said, 'I bought stock for my old age and it worked - in six months, I feel like an old man!' "It's tougher for you, but that doesn't mean you won't do well - it just may take more time. But what the heck, you may live longer."