A public-opinion poll is no substitute for thought.

Never be afraid to ask for too much when selling or offer too little when buying.

You have to be able to communicate in life and probably schools underemphasize that. If you can't talk to people or write, you're giving up your potential.

Failing conventionally is the route to go; as a group, lemmings may have a rotten image, but no individual lemming has ever received bad press

In the 20th century, the United States endured two world wars and other traumatic and expensive military conflicts; the Depression; a dozen or so recessions and financial panics; oil shocks; a flu epidemic; and the resignation of a disgraced president. Yet the Dow rose from 66 to 11,497.

You have no ability, if you're a financial institution and you're threatened with criminal prosecution, you have no ability to negotiate.

Enjoy your work and work for whom you admire.