The grim irony of investing, then, is that we investors as a group not only don't get what we pay for, we get precisely what we don't pay for. So if we pay for nothing, we get everything.

Time is your friend; impulse is your enemy.

Don't look for the needle in the haystack. Just buy the haystack!

Investing is not nearly as difficult as it looks. Successful investing involves doing a few things right and avoiding serious mistakes.

Index funds eliminate the risks of individual stocks, market sectors, and manager selection. Only stock market risk remains.

Learn every day, but especially from the experiences of others. It's cheaper!

The mutual fund industry has been built, in a sense, on witchcraft.

Rely on the ordinary virtues that intelligent, balanced human beings have relied on for centuries: common sense, thrift, realistic expectations, patience, and perseverance.

The historical data support one conclusion with unusual force: To invest with success, you must be a long-term investor.

In the long run, investing is not about markets at all. Investing is about enjoying the returns earned by businesses.

The miracle of compounding returns has been overwhelmed by the tyranny of compounding costs.

Expressing doubt is how we begin a journey to discover essential truths.

You are a living mockery of your own ideals. If not, you have set your ideals too low.

Religion is born out of questions, not answers.

Some people are proud of their humility.

May this continent, the last explored by humankind, be the first one to be spared by humankind.

..."I ran out of stock around midnight and dropped by a place, got some Chinese." I hoped he meant takeout.

I'm the kind of woman who, when she walks into a party, all the other women leave the room.

I want to have the fun of doing anime and I love anime, but I can't do storyboards because I can't really draw and that's what they live and die on.

The only society I like is rough and tough, and the tougher the better. There's where you get down to bedrock and meet human people.

When you've got Roger Ailes on your side, you do not lose.