“I think average investors should not trade a lot. The evidence is over...” — John C. Bogle Quote

“I think average investors should not trade a lot. The evidence is overpowering. The more you trade, the less you earn.”

“I spend about half of my time wondering why I have so much in stocks and about half wondering why I have so little.”

“I like Burton Malkiel's 'A Random Walk Down Wall Street.' He comes to the same conclusion that I do - that indexing is the way. My 'Little Book of Common Sense Investing' says pretty much the same thing.”

“The market is often stupid, but you can't focus on that. Focus on the underlying value of dividends and earnings.”

“A fiduciary standard means, basically, put the interests of the client first. No excuses. Period.”

“It occurs to me that, after the huge output of writing I've produced over the years, there is a close link between my twin careers as investment executive and financial writer: The power of the word and the power of the book have played a major role in turning my vision... into reality.”

“On average, global warming is not going to harm the developing world.”

“Each of the seventeen tribunals during a long period burned annually, on an average, ten miserable beings!”

“My average day is with my wife and kids in Dublin, doing school runs, grocery store, feeding and walking the dogs.”

“The average man, if he meddles with criticism at all, is a conservative critic.”

“The average person tells a few white lies.”

“Every normal person, in fact, is only normal on the average. His ego approximates to that of the psychotic in some part or other and to a greater or lesser extent.”