Famed value investor Guy Spier has managed to write what is both a gripping memoir and a fascinating study of what it takes to succeed in investing and life. A must read!

It seems unwise to allocate a large portion of investable capital to any one deep value opportunity, even if the latter promises a large expected return.

When we invest in an asset-rich but low-returning business, time may be working against us.

I'd take the awe of understanding over the awe of ignorance any day.

A bad girl is a far more dangerous thing than a bad boy.

Noir is a court of human relations, and some crimes are beyond legal restitution.

Probably all laws are useless; for good men do not want laws at all, and bad men are made no better by them.

We felt like we had done as much as you can do with the slasher genre. We were trying to find the next group of scary movies that were ripe for parody.

And I would hear yet once before I perish The voice which was my music... Speak to me!

There are very few people who do what I do.

I was expelled from four schools. Today I still read with difficulty.

But questioning does not mean the end of loving, and loving does not mean the abnegation of intelligence

Dont count the things you do, do the things that count.