It is nice to have valid competition; it pushes you to do better.
I like that Barack got that job.
Sometimes one succeeds, sometimes one fails.
Only mediocrity of enjoyment is allowed to man.
Conversion brings a drive to learn.
But once you buy a company, you are married. You are married to that company.
Security and safety were the reward of dullness.
(Priests) cheapjack merchants selling paradise
I was a very early believer in the idea of convergence.
Feed the troops on victory.
When you expect things to happen - strangely enough - they do happen.
Value is what people are willing to pay for it.
'It worked.' (said after witnessing the first atomic detonation).
It is the service we are not obliged to give that people value most.
Courteous treatment will make a customer a walking advertisement.
Theory is splendid but until put into practice, it is valueless.
I've been shot at on numerous occasions.
It is sometimes well for a blatant error to draw attention to overmodest truths.
Right now I own shares of companies in 28 countries.
Index investing outperforms active management year after year.
I always tried to turn every disaster into an opportunity.