If you buy things you do not need, soon you will have to sell things you need.

You have to understand accounting and you have to understand the nuances of accounting. It's the language of business and it's an imperfect language, but unless you are willing to put in the effort to learn accounting - how to read and interpret financial statements - you really shouldn't select stocks yourself

How do you beat Bobby Fischer? You play him at any game but chess. I try to stay in games where I have an edge.

While the poor and middle class fight for us in Afghanistan, and while most Americans struggle to make ends meet, we mega-rich continue to get our extraordinary tax breaks.

The only way to be loved is to be loveable, which really irritates me.

Is management candid with the shareholders?

Stop trying to predict the direction of the stock market, the economy or elections.