Quotes from Jim Rogers

Commodities tend to zig when the equity markets zag.

Most successful investors, in fact, do nothing most of the time.

If anybody laughs at your idea, view it as a sign of potential success!

Most of my thoughts, you couldn't print.

If the current birth rate, which is the lowest in the major developed countries, continues, there will be no Japanese. Who will pay the enormous debt?

I think this is also a great time to invest in private equity, helping companies grow from the ground up.

Historically, there has been a bull market in commodities every 20 or 30 years.

Tough times helped many commodities producers become lean and mean through consolidation, mergers and cost-cutting. All that excess supply has been sopped up.

Get inside information from the president and you will probably lose half your money. If you get it from the chairman of the board, you will lose all of your money.

Index investing outperforms active management year after year.

I cannot invest the way I want the world to be; I have to invest the way the world is.

I've got one shot going through this life. I want to make sure I do as much as I can.

The price of a commodity will never go to zero. When you invest in commodities futures, you're not buying a piece of paper that says you own an intangible piece of company that can go bankrupt.

You can no longer buy commodities at Merrill Lynch. My guess is many analysts and even executives are too young to know how profitable a hot commodities market can be. They will soon.

Lady Luck smiles on those who continue their efforts

The biggest public fallacy is that the market is always right. The market is nearly always wrong. I can assure you of that.