Do you really like a particular stock? Put 10% or so of your portfolio on it. Make the idea count … Good [investment] ideas should not be diversified away into meaningless oblivion.

Finding the best person or the best organization to invest your money is one of the most important financial decisions you'll ever make.

Bond investors are the vampires of the investment world. They love decay, recession - anything that leads to low inflation and the protection of the real value of their loans.

With all this consumer debt, business debt, government debt, smaller movements in interest rates have a magnified effect. a small movement can tip the boat.

Whenever I read the newspaper, I say to myself, 'At least my wife loves me.'

We are witnessing the death of abundance and the borning of austerity, for what may be a long, long time.

I have a 41-year track record of investing excellence… what do you have?

Human nature means that institutions at some point lose their sense of mission. That sense of vulnerability drives Pimco.

You know those adages about smelling the roses and chasing butterflies? The markets are my butterflies and my roses.

Both from the standpoint of stocks and bonds, an investor wants to go where the growth is.

Bonds despite their ridiculous yields will not easily be threatened with a new bear market.

Practicing security means continually turning towards the best version of yourself.

The worst thing in life is boredom. When people don't know what to do with themselves, they are very, very poor.

We're on a road to nowhere, come on inside. Takin' that ride to nowhere, we'll take that ride. I'm feelin' okay this mornin', and you know, we're on the road to paradise, here we go, here we go.

I'm one of the more pessimistic cats on the planet. I make Van Gogh look like a rodeo clown.

Church is a place where you get to practice what it means to be human.

I'm the type that'll give any man a chance to come correct before leavin in a ambulance

At the end of day, a player needs the confidence of the manager, the support of the fans and to enjoy the game.

I began teaching in New York because I needed to stay in the United States and didn't have my immigration papers in order, so working for a university was a way of resolving the issue.

It is always a taut moment in a foreign country waiting to see if your English-speaking guide speaks English.

Have fire and spread all over. Work, work. Be the servant while leading, be unselfish, and never listen to one friend in private accusing another. Have infinite patience, and success is yours.