Early on, people invested in me because of my letters and then, somehow, after they invested, they stopped reading them.

It is ludicrous to believe that asset bubbles can only be recognized in hindsight.

If you are going to be a great investor, you have to fit the style to who you are.

My natural state is an outsider. I've always felt outside the group, and I've always been analyzing the group.

I have always believed that a single talented analyst, working very hard, can cover an amazing amount of investment landscape, and this belief remains unchallenged in my mind.

The borrowers will always be willing to take a great deal for themselves. It’s up to the lenders to show restraint, and when they lose it, watch out.

The late 90s almost forced me to identify myself as a value investor, because I thought what everybody else was doing was insane.

I just really like to find my own ideas.

Read every line item until you get it.

My positioning with my investors was always, I need three to five years.

Everything I do in investment is just very different.

I turned silences and nights into words. What was unutterable, I wrote down. I made the whirling world stand still.

Be the author of your destiny.

I hate the thought of her being forced into a box that doesn't fit her. Of having her wings cut off, her sight blinded, her hearing muted, her voice stilled.

The older I get, the more I embrace my own idiosyncrasies.

The psychology of committees is a special case of the psychology of mobs.

I won't be happy unless I finish Lyoto Machida.

Traditional Islam is a mixture of all obedience to Allah, and if that requires militancy, so be it.

Be patient and loving with yourself. You weren't meant to be your biggest critic, but your biggest fan.

Loneliness is not lack of company, loneliness is lack of purpose.

All the mistakes I ever made were when I wanted to say 'No' and said 'Yes'.