"The longer you wait to fire someone, the longer it has been since you should have fired them," said Elon Musk, founder and CEO of Space X and Tesla Motors.
"Amazon isn't happening to the book business. The future is happening to the book business," said Amazon founder Jeff Bezos.
"Without profits, the market can't go anywhere," said independent research consultant David Darst.
"Getting information off the Internet is akin to trying to sweep back the ocean with a broom," said Ray Kurzweil, director of engineering at Google.
"If a cop follows you for 500 miles, you're going to get a ticket," said Oracle of Omaha Warren Buffett, in reference to Bank of America's many legal problems.
"Who knew the blockbuster this year would be a horror show," said Tony Crescenzi, market strategist and portfolio manager at bond giant, PIMCO.
"It's easier to get out of Cuba than to get out of Facebook," said a market analyst.
"There's a 70% chance the whole thing will fail," said Jeff Bezos when pitching his parents for a $100,000 investment in his start-up, Amazon (AMZN) in 1994.
"$43 billion is not enough," said Charlie Munger regretfully about Berkshire Hathaway's ownership of Apple (AAPL). It's now worth $45 billion.
"The profits at Apple are unprecedented in American history. They are double the next largest competitor. All their products would fit on a small table. We've never seen anything like that," said Oracle of Omaha Warren Buffet.
