Words of Wisdom

The art of investment has one characteristic that is not generally appreciated. A creditable, if unspectacular, result can be achieved by the lay investor with a minimum of effort and capability.... ~ Ben Graham

Only those who dare to fail greatly can ever achieve greatly.

Woman inspires us to great things, and prevents us from achieving them. ~ Mike Tyson

Marriage is the only war where one sleeps with the enemy. ~ Tommy Lee

Inventors are people who have a vision of the quest being undertaken and willingness to follow their instincts to get there. They have an intuitive appreciation for what success out to look like, even though they have not seen it yet.

Most of the time they (customers) just want to buy more of the same from the same vendors through the same channels, just so long as the offers are keeping pace with the competition.

It is easier to enter a new industry than a new geography.

It is easier to take a new solution to the same customer than it is to take the same solution to a new customer.

Happiness...is not a function of your circumstances; it��s a function of your outlook on life. ~ Sidney Rittenberg

They drew a circle that shut me out, Heretic, rebel, a thing to flout. But love and I had the wit to win, We drew a circle that took them in! ~ Outwitted, Edwin Markham

When you\'re not the lead dog, the view never changes.

Memories are not recycled like atoms and particles in quantum physics, they can be lost forever. ~ Lady Gaga

Be ambitious, but be real.

If you position yourself credibly relative to worthy alternatives, that speaks well on your behalf. Dissing and differentiating are two very different activities.

You are judged by the company you keep. If you persist in talking down your competition, people will conclude you hang out with riffraff, and that will reflect on you.

Where there is no competition, there is no market. This is why start-ups who \"have no competition\" have trouble engaging partners and making sales.

If you love two persons, select the second; Because you will not love someone else if you truly love the first.

Leaving the grapes on the vine so long that they begin to rot, then turning them into a fine sauterne.

To a man with a hammer, everything looks like a nail.

Knives come out faster than business cards at a trade show.

The most valuable lessons are learned in tough times.

Good times teach only bad lessons: that investing is easy, that you know its secrets, and that you needn��t worry about risk.

Experience is what you got when you didn��t get what you wanted.

One cannot develop an effective philosophy without having been exposed to life��s lessons.

You are judged by the company you keep. If you persist in talking down your competition, people will conclude you hang out with riffraff, and that will reflect on you.

I don't love a woman because she is beautiful, but she is beautiful because I love her.

Yes, poverty still exists, but the way to solve poverty is not to Take more from the Haves but to create more Haves, whatever it takes.

All that progress over the last one hundred years has not come exclusively from the children or grandchildren of the successful types from the previous generation.

Innovation doesn��t exist in a vacuum. It needs capital to work. Entrepreneurs are just dreamers without capital to make their dreams hit the hard pavement and zoom down the road of progress and prosperity.

The secret to success is to offend the greatest number of people. ~ George Bernard