“I don't worry about maintaining the quality of my life, because every day I work on improving it.”

“The difference between success and failure is not which stock you buy or which piece of real estate you buy, it's asset allocation.”

“If you lose 50%, it takes 100% to get back to where you started-and that takes something you can never get back: time.”

“We're emotionally unfit. We expect things to be given to us that other generations had to earn. We think we're supposed to get homes with no money down and be supported by the government if we're unemployed.”

“Take massive action. So many people wait until they have all the answers.”

“I like to have a person's knowledge comprehend more than one class of topics, one row of shelves. I like a person who likes to see a fine barn as well as a good tragedy.”

“I long To hear the story of your life, which must Take the ear strangely.”

“All inquiry into antiquity, all curiosity respecting the Pyramids, the excavated cities, Stonehenge, the Ohio Circles, Mexico, Memphis,--is the desire to do away this wild, savage, and preposterous There and Then, and introduce in its place the Here and Now.”