Commitment, by its nature, frees us from ourselves and, while it stands us in opposition to some, it joins us with others similarly committed. Commitment moves us from the mirror trap of the self absorbed with the self to the freedom of a community of shared values.

Hollywood would much prefer the author be dead, so that they can buy the book and do what they want to do with it.

I didn't think one day something would happen that would bring me back to Wall Street to write what is essentially a sequel.

Those who know don't tell and those who tell don't know.

Warren Buffett is fond of saying that any player unaware of the fool in the market probably is the fool in the market.

The Germans made just about every bad investment you could have made in the last 10 years. They invested in Icelandic banks. They invested in Greek government bonds. They were heavy into Irish banks, big into Irish banks, and they bought U.S. subprime mortgage bonds.

A vast industry of stockbrokers, financial planners, and investment advisers skims a fortune for themselves off the top in exchange for passing their clients' money on to people who, as a whole, cannot possibly outperform the market.