?I suspect no one in the world doubts this administration?s willingness to use force. But we should only use it as a last resort, not as a first step?.We don?t do Pearl Harbors,? said former Secretary of Defense and CIA Chief Robert M. Gates.
?The three most harmful addictions are heroin, carbohydrates, and a monthly salary,? said Nassim Nicholas Taleb, author of Antifragile: Things That Gain from Disorder.?
?You cannot trust bankers to control themselves. They?re like heroin addicts,? said Berkshire Hathaway Vice Chairman, Charlie Munger.
?The investor in America sits at the bottom of the food chain,? said John C. Bogle, founder of the Vanguard Group of index funds.
?There?s a lot of performance anxiety out there right now. There?s nothing worse than sitting on cash watching a market go up double digits,? said Tom Lee, chief US equity strategist of JP Morgan.
?Asking if Hillary Clinton is going to run for president in 2016 is like asking if John Dillinger is going to rob a bank,? said conservative commentator, Mike Murphy.
?The stock market is one of those things that looks better the more expensive it gets,? said Barbara Marcin, portfolio manager of the Gabelli Dividend Growth Fund.
?It used to be that the big ate the small. Now it?s the fast that eat the slow,? said business guru, Jason Jennings.
?The elephant in the room is the upward momentum of the US economy, and it is pretty good,? said Jim Paulson of Wells Capital Management.
I can tell you from talking to institutions that, after 14 years of having their hearts broken by the stock market, they are still leery of stocks even with the recent rally,? said Howard Marks, founder of distressed debt giant, Oaktree Capital Management.
