Good evening. A President who lied us into a war and, in so doing, needlessly killed 3,584 of our family and friends… — Keith Olbermann Copy Share Image
Size will hurt returns. Look at Berkshire Hathaway - the last five things Warren has done have generated returns that are splendid… — Charlie Munger Copy Share Image
That's been lost. It's a huge problem. What you have is you have the major institutions of the world all wanting to… — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
History has blessed us with all the freedom and advantages of multiculturalism. But it has also blessed us, because of the accident… — Charles Krauthammer Copy Share Image
there i was in late middle age, cut loose in a thoroughly looted, bankrupt nation whose assets had been sold off to… — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
To cook, and to do it well, every talent must be used; the strength of a prize-fighter, the imagination of a poet,… — Anne Ellis Copy Share Image
Many people keep deploring the low level of formal education in the United states (as defined by, say, math grades). Yet these… — Nassim Nicholas Taleb Copy Share Image
We have managed to acquire $13 trillion of debt on our balance sheet. In my view we have nothing to show for… — Michael Bennett Copy Share Image
There is no doubt that the Fed's large-scale asset purchases have caused major increases in a number of asset prices in the… — Gerald Epstein Copy Share Image
Golf is the only-est sport. You're completely alone with every conceivable opportunity to defeat yourself. Golf brings out your assets and liabilities… — Hale Irwin Copy Share Image
Edge also implies what Ben Graham…called a margin of safety. You have a margin of safety when you buy an asset at… — Michael Mauboussin Copy Share Image
The internet has opened the door for millions of businesses to do things differently, because there are other assets now, assets that… — Seth Godin Copy Share Image
Interest-rate swaps are a tool used by big cities, major corporations and sovereign governments to manage their debt, and the scale of… — Matt Taibbi Copy Share Image
The magnitude of an action may change not only the strength of its impact, but the direction. If you became a dentist,… — Marilyn vos Savant Copy Share Image
The average person can’t really trust anybody. They can’t trust a broker, because the broker is interested in churning commissions. They can’t… — Seth Klarman Copy Share Image
They have passed the big inheritance tax, and that gets you when you are gone. You used to could die and be… — Will Rogers Copy Share Image
Thinking clearly and effectively is the greatest asset of any human being. We are constantly reminded that the one superiority that man… — Harry Lorayne Copy Share Image
If an asset has cash flow or the likelihood of cash flow in the near term and is not purely dependment on… — Seth Klarman Copy Share Image
The major asset in this category is gold, currently a huge favorite of investors who fear almost all other assets, especially paper… — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
I mean, we've always had gold bugs, but now we sort of realize that Treasure Bills might be in the same category.… — Robert F. Engle Copy Share Image
In our excessive involvement in the affairs of other countries, we are not only living off our assets and denying our own… — J. William Fulbright Copy Share Image
My rich dad taught me to focus on passive income and spend my time acquiring the assets that provide passive or long… — Robert Kiyosaki Copy Share Image
I think marriage, in its loosest sense, is people committing to each other saying I love you and I like being with… — Mary Tyler Moore Copy Share Image
Generally speaking, investing in yourself is the best thing you can do. Anything that improves your own talents; nobody can tax it… — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
The drug war isn't what purports to be. If you look at the whole operation and the tie-in between the American intelligence… — Jerry Brown Copy Share Image
The most important thing you can have is a good strategic asset allocation mix. So, what the investor needs to do is… — Ray Dalio Copy Share Image
There is no domestic issue more important to America in the long run than the conservation and proper use of our natural… — Gaylord Nelson Copy Share Image
Pop stars are sending the message that their sexuality is the strongest thing they have to offer, and that's confusing and misleading… — Santigold Copy Share Image
Our higher education system is one of the things that makes America exceptional. There's no place else that has the assets we… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Beware leverage in all its forms. Borrowers - individual, corporate, or government - should always match fund their liabilities against the duration… — Seth Klarman Copy Share Image
It always seemed, and still seems, ridiculously simple to say that if one can acquire a diversified group of common stocks at… — Benjamin Graham Copy Share Image
Most students of nature sooner or later pass through a process of writing off a large percentage of their supposed capital of… — William Crookes Copy Share Image
We humans have this idea that the ocean is so big, so vast, so resilient that it doesn't matter what we do… — Sylvia Earle Copy Share Image
People are an asset, not a liability. The United States is the most immigrant-friendly nation in the world and the richest country… — Grover Norquist Copy Share Image
Quite frankly, I have to admit that with regard to the enormous financial assets and funds of Russian leaders in Western banks… — Garry Kasparov Copy Share Image
When excesses such as lax lending standards become widespread and persist for some time, people are lulled into a false sense of… — Seth Klarman Copy Share Image
Mma Ramotswe had a detective agency in Africa, at the foot of Kgale Hill. These were its assets: a tiny white van,… — Alexander McCall Smith Copy Share Image
