“If you put nothing away for retirement, I can tell you, to the last pe...” — John C. Bogle Quote

“If you put nothing away for retirement, I can tell you, to the last penny, how much you will have when you retire: nothing.”

“Being an entrepreneur is not for the faint of heart. It is a high-risk, high-reward proposition.”

“The malfeasance and misjudgments by our corporate, financial and government leaders, declining ethical standards, and the failure of our new agency society reflect a failure of capitalism.”

“Successful investing is all about common sense.”

“Well, I like regulation as little as anybody else. It can be intrusive. It can be detailed. It can be bureaucratic. It can be unevenly administered. It can be unfair. But most regulations that we have for mutual funds and for banks are regulations that we earned. We did something wrong and we're paying a price for it.”

“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.”

“There is nothing wrong with dedication and goals, but if you focus on yourself, all the lights fade away and you become a fleeting moment in life.”

“From 30 feet away she looked like a lot of class. From 10 feet away she looked like something made up to be seen from 30 feet away.”

“Walking away from something that isn't right is painful, but coming to terms with it is gratifying.”

“Celebrity was a long time in coming; it will go away. Everything goes away.”

“Be as a bird perched on a frail branch that she feels bending beneath her, still she sings away all the same, knowing she has wings.”

“The great thieves lead away the little thief.”