بغاوت

Do the one thing you think you cannot do. Fail at it. Try again. Do better the second time. The only people who never tumble are those who never mount the high wire. This is your moment. Own it.

Our incomes are like our shoes; if too small, they gall and pinch us; but if too large, they cause us to stumble and to trip.

It’s not just the books under fire now that worry me. It is the books that will never be written. The books that will never be read.

It is a good rule after reading a new book, never to allow yourself another new one till you have read an old one in between.

You and I come by road or rail, but economists travel on infrastructure.

I can’t imagine a man really enjoying a book and reading it only once.

I made my money the old-fashioned way. I was very nice to a wealthy relative right before he died.

If you took our top fifteen decisions out, we’d have a pretty average record. It wasn’t hyperactivity, but a hell of a lot of patience. You stuck to your principles and when opportunities came along, you pounced on them with vigor.