As soon as somebody comes out for a politician, especially in Hollywood, when they all go, 'I'm voting for this guy!' – I go, 'That's not who I'm voting for!'
I disagree with what the majority of the American people want.
I don't expect everyone to agree with me. Frankly, I'd be shocked if they did.
What important truth do very few people agree with you on?
Say, Not so, and you will out circle the philosophers.
'I realize they say we are 'wacko' and 'out there, but we are the most rational of all.
The majority is never right, unless it includes me.
I genuinely like haggis. Everybody told me I was supposed to hate it, but I really did enjoy it.
Whenever I think about an issue, I always argue the opposite side of it. So, when I ultimately decide on a course of action, I've already been through all the conceivable scenarios, and I'm going to go for it.
Economists' unanimity that bad business is ahead is the most reassuring news possible. It's very unlikely that this will be the one time they're right.
I had inherited what my father called the art of the advocate, or the irritating habit of looking for the flaw in any argument.
For every expert that says humans are the cause of 'climate change' there are 10 more who say we aren't.
Arnold Schwarzenegger said it best: "Your son is sick. Ninety-eight doctors give you one diagnosis, two doctors give you another. Who are you going to go with?" Well, why would it be the conservative position to go with the two? That's not conservative, that's crazy.
People have labeled the Process as whatever, tanking. I don't see it like that.
In every society, the artists will be the ones who set themselves up as contrary to whatever the society expects.
In business, as in politics, it is never easy to go against the beliefs and attitudes held by the majority. The businessman who moves counter to the tide of prevailing opinion must expect to be obstructed, derided and damned.
If you make a choice that goes against what everyone else thinks, the world will not fall apart.
I hate bacon. Everyone thinks I'm insane... maybe I am. I don't like it at all.
Part of the game of investing is to come into your own. You must find some way that perfectly fits your personality because there is some element of a zero sum game in investing. If you buy, somebody else has to sell. And when you sell, somebody has to buy. You can't both be right.
I think I have some interesting things to say and I don't think anybody out there is saying them.
I was made at right angles to the world and I see it so. I can only see it so.
When you argue for free markets, you are arguing against the trend.
Everyone's entitled to their point of view but that's seriously a weird one.
Something that's seldom appreciated about me is that I am in sympathy with a great deal of what Marx wrote, except that I'm on the side of the bourgeoisie.
I write for an audience that likes what I like, reads what I read, thinks about the things I think about. In many ways, this puts me in opposition to the people who go to the theater generally.
