I'm a private intellectual, not a public one.

What I learned on my own I still remember

Never ask anyone for their opinion, forecast, or recommendation. Just ask them what they have—or don’t have—in their portfolio.

You never win an argument until they attack your person.

I don't know anyone on Wall Street who goes to work every day thinking of anything but how to increase their bonus.

He who has never sinned is less reliable than he who has only sinned once. And someone who has made plenty of errors-though never the same error more than once-is more reliable than someone who has never made any.

I lift heavy weights and sprint, but I am so bad at it that I develop severe injuries.