'Can you really explain to a fish what it's like to walk on land? One day on land is worth a thousand years of talking about it, and one day running a business has exactly the same kind of value.'

'I always knew I was going to be rich. I don't think I ever doubted it for a minute.'

A story that was passed down from Ben Graham illustrates the lemminglike behavior of the crowd: 'Let me tell you the story of the oil prospector who met St. Pe…

'Chains of habit are too light to be felt until they are too heavy to be broken.'