Nothing beats a little cash in a bear market, of course, and the oldest form of cash is gold.

Successful investing is about having people agree with you ... later.

[C]apitalism without financial failure is not capitalism at all, but a kind of socialism for the rich.

Progress is cumulative in science and engineering, but cyclical in finance.

In almost every walk of life, people buy more at lower prices; in the stock market they seem to buy more at higher prices.

Every debt is ultimately paid, if not by the debtor, then eventually by the creditor.

I believe that there is an important kernel of truth in the idea that financial errors recur every other generation.

The Fed can change how things look, not how things are

Credit is money of the mind.

It's about bums on seats. If nobody wants to listen to what you are doing, it kind of defeats the purpose really, doesn't it?

In general, markets know more than the people who write about them.

A castle of defense, a bastion of mightA fort where the wise teach the young to fightAn armory of weapons, sharp as hooksAre wrapped in leather and shelved as books

Each step I take toward him is one more step closer to home.

I'm not scared to look like a complete fool in front of people. It's just not one of my insecurities.

I'll keep singing 'till I die.

After initially trying to defend his remarks about gun-toting, tabacky-chewing, bitter Jesus freaks, Barack Obama is now backpedaling furiously.

You want to teach the next generation so they can learn a little bit faster and a little bit more so everything becomes that much better.

I see no room in holy Scripture for any sexual activity outside of matrimony.

Power can do everything but the most important thing: it cannot control love.

In a sick world even the hale are sick.

I think you can love someone and be infatuated with them, too. But infatuation is immediate, while the sort of love in the West is something you build with someone. It's a trust.