"The level of fact available from news services is way less than it once was," said Roger McNamee, co-founder of venture capital fund Elevation Partners.
“I used to tell lies. But I’ve given it up, because the field has become overrun with amateurs,” said the great American 19th century humorist, Mark Twain.
“The entire market is trading like a biotech stock,” said Steve Weiss, a portfolio manager.
"If you work forever, you can live forever," said my friend and mentor, Blackstone's Byron Wien.
'Paper money is made of cotton, and I'm long cotton. One reason I'm long cotton is because Dr. Bernanke is out there running the printing presses as fast as he can', said noted commodity bull and former George Soros partner, Jim Rogers.
“Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable for magic, said Arthur C. Clark, futurologist and author of 2001: A Space Odyssey.
“There are old pilots and there are bold pilots, but there are no old, bold pilots,” according to the US Marine Corps flight school.
"The Clinton and Bush administrations had it right with regards to our relations with China. We need to draw red lines when necessary and build bridges when possible." said my friend, columnist Tom Friedman, of the New York Times.
“The bubble is in the bond market, not the stock market,” said Leon Cooperman, CEO of Omega Advisors, an original investor in my 1990s hedge fund.
“Either you figured it out in a day or two or you were dead,” said the late Battle of Britain Spitfire pilot, John Schooling, and my aerobatics instructor in England 40 years ago.
