I’ve got one shot going through this life. I want to make sure I do as much as I can.

Never act upon wishful thinking. Act without checking the facts, and chances are that you will be swept away along with the mob.

I just wait until there is money lying in the corner, and all I have to do is go over there and pick it up. I do nothing in the meantime.

The price of a commodity will never go to zero. When you invest in commodities futures, you're not buying a piece of paper that says you own an intangible piece of company that can go bankrupt.

Get inside information from the president and you will probably lose half of your money. If you get it from the chairman of the board, you will lose all of it.

I haven't met a rich technician

The City of London and Wall Street are not going to be great places to be in the next two or three decades. It's going to be the people who produce real goods in charge – the farmers and the miners.