I sleep like a baby; waking up every hour. An anonymous trader, 2008

Faith in Free Markets does not imply a blind devotion to the instant operation of a particular kind of instrument of open markets. Don Coxe, Basic Points, May 2007.

Investment should be boring. Boring means steady and predictable. Garvin Graham, Guardian Group of Funds, 2006.

Skate where the puck is going to be, not where it has been Wayne Gretzky

Diversification is an admission of not knowing what to do, and effort to strike an average. Gerald Loeb, The Battle for Investment Survival, 1935.

"More of our babies live," one (Amazon Achuar) old warrior said. "More of us have longer lives. But we are threatened with starvation. We cannot feed our families by hunting -- too many people, too little game. We must get down on our knees and beg for handouts." He glanced around defiantly. "This i not the Achuar way. The white man has made us his slave. He defeated us not with weapon, but with books and medicines." Page 142 Shapeshifting by John Perkins.

""in these days the focus should be on the return OF capital rather than the return ON capital" Anonymous

"Fear the greed and greet the fear" Ron Meisels, November 13, 2007 North America Market Letter Conference Call.