CEOs are paid for doing a terrible job. If the system wasn't so messed up, guys like me wouldn't make this kind of money.

In life and business, there are two cardinal sins. The first is to act precipitously without thought and the second is to not act at all.

We want these assets to be productive. We buy them. We own them. To say we care only about the short term is wrong. What I care about is seeing these assets in the best hands

I like winning. There's also a certain joy in it. I feel fulfilled by it.

Don't confuse luck with skill when judging others, and especially when judging yourself.

We have bloated bureaucracies in Corporate America. The root of the problem is the absence of real corporate democracy.

Im a cynic about corporate democracy and boards.