"Beware of geeks bearing formulas."

"Investing is simple, but not easy."

"The most important thing to do if you find yourself in a hole is to stop digging."

"Derivatives are financial weapons of mass destruction."

"Chains of habit are too light to be felt until they are too heavy to be broken."

"If you’ve been playing poker for half an hour and you still don’t know who the patsy is, you’re the patsy."

"The best thing I did was to choose the right heroes."

"Should you find yourself in a chronically leaking boat, energy devoted to changing vessels is likely to be more productive than energy devoted to patching leaks."

"You can't make a good deal with a bad person."

"Time is the friend of the wonderful company, the enemy of the mediocre."

"Why not invest your assets in the companies you really like? As Yogi Berra said, 'A nickel ain't worth a dime anymore."

"It is not necessary to do extraordinary things to get extraordinary results."

"The difference between successful people and really successful people is that really successful people say no to almost everything."

"In the business world, the rearview mirror is always clearer than the windshield."

"Predicting rain doesn't count. Building arks does."