Today, the forces of competition, technology, and globalization have converged to spur innovation and to transform the way business is done in the securities industry.

I think we have got to start thinking about banding together in terms of interested groups.

Over the past two decades, we have clearly seen an erosion of ethical values.

Another misconception is that an order is canceled when you hit 'cancel' on your computer. But, the fact is it's canceled only when the market gets the cancellation.

Investors should start with a view of skepticism. They should become intellectual investors rather than emotional investors. They should be careful, and they should be skeptical.

Although the Internet makes it seem as if you have a direct connection to the securities market, you don't. Lines may clog; systems may break; orders may back-up.

One way for investors to protect themselves from a rapid change in the price of a stock is to use a limit order rather than a market order.

George Orwell once blamed the demise of the English language on politics. It's quite possible he never read a prospectus.

Personally I don't think day traders are speculating, because traditional speculation requires some market knowledge. They are, instead, gambling, which doesn't.

While fund performance is unpredictable, the impact of fees is not, .. A 1- percent annual fee will reduce an ending account balance by 17 percent after 20 years.

Bill Gates wasn't born rich but he wasn't poor either even before he discovered Microsoft, he was just waiting for a connecting flight to the boulevards of greatness.

... Of his sins [Heavenly Father] does not want [man] to think [on them] too much: once they are repented, the sooner the man turns his attention outward, the better [Heavenly Father] is pleased.

I'm a musician. It's what I do! I wouldn't be too good at anything else.

Quite frankly, the bible is filled with advice that you'd never, want to follow. "Don't cut your hair on a rainy Thursday because locusts will eat your farm" kind of thing.

Eventually, most people felt MoMA had filled a very important gap.

I've had weird, weird acting jobs. Low-budget filmmaking where you find yourself in really bizarre places.

Things of which there is sight, hearing, apprehension, these I prefer.

The highest state is laughter.

I am pleased to inform you of the decision of the Government of the Republic of Iraq to allow the return of the United Nations weapons inspectors to Iraq without conditions.

If you're not actively involved in getting what you want, you don't really want it.