? You can’t make a good deal with a bad person.
? 和一个道德品质败坏的人无法完成一桩好交易。
? It’s easier to stay out of trouble than it is to get out of trouble.
? 与其杀死毒龙，不如避开毒龙。
? The market, like the Lord, helps those who help themselves. But unlike the Lord, the market does not forgive those who know not what they do.
? 市场就象上帝，只帮助那些努力的人；但与上帝不同，市场不会宽恕那些不清楚自己在干什么的人。
? My idea of a group decision is to look in the mirror.
? 在我决策之前，我会掂量一下自己的分量（给自己准确的定位，在自己的能力圈内作判断）。
? The reaction of weak management to weak operations is often weak accounting.
? 对于企业而言，糟糕的运作加上混乱的管理，结果常常是一笔糊涂帐。
? You can always juice sales by going down-market, but it’s hard to go back upmarket.
? 当市场下跌时，你轻易的将好东西打折变卖，但是一旦市场向上，再想买回来，难之又难。
? You have to think for yourself. It always amazes me how high-IQ people mindlessly imitate. I never get good ideas talking to other people.
? 你必须独立思考。我常常惊讶于：一些智商极高的人在市场上无意识的跟随大众，和这些人聊天对于我毫无益处。
? In looking for someone to hire, you look for three qualities: integrity, intelligence, and energy. But the most important is integrity because if they don’t have that, the other two qualities, intelligence and energy, are going to kill you.
? 在你雇佣人之前，你需要确认他的三项素质：正直诚实，聪明能干，精力充沛。但是最重要的是正直诚实，因为如果他不正直诚实而又具备了聪明能干和精力充沛，你的好日子也就到头了。
? Never ask a barber if you need a haircut.
? 永远不要问理发师你是否需要理发。
? A public-opinion poll is no substitute for thought.
? 一个公开的民意测验无法代替思考。
? If you let yourself be undisciplined on the small things, you will probably be undisciplined on the large things as well.
? 如果你在小事上无原则，那么大事上一样没有原则。
? The fact that people are full of greed, fear, or folly is predictable. The sequence is not predictable.
? 人性的弱点总是充满贪婪、恐惧或者是愚蠢，这是完全可以预测的，但是我们无法预测这种人性弱点的发生顺序。
? We also believe candor benefits us as managers. The CEO who misleads others in public may eventually mislead himself in private.
? 我相信，坦诚的公司的管理层会使投资人受益。那些在公开场所误导别人的CEO最终会在私下里误导自己。
? What we learn from history is that people don’t learn from history.
? 我在历史中学到的唯一东西就是：大众从未从历史中汲取教训。