Carl Icahn warned against trading stocks, railed against bad bosses, and revealed what drives him in a recent documentary. Here are his 12 best quotes.

• Carl Icahn cautions against playing the market and recommends taking a contrarian view.
• He defends activist investing and trashes overpaid, subpar executives.
• Here are his 12 best quotes from a recent documentary titled "Icahn: The Restless Billionaire."

Carl Icahn warned against trading stocks, following the crowd, and getting too cocky in a recent documentary.

The billionaire investor and Icahn Enterprises chairman also defended activist investing, and railed against bad bosses and overpaid executives, in "Icahn: The Restless Billionaire." Moreover, he revealed that he cares more about spotting golden opportunities than making money, and bemoaned America's enormous wealth gap.