When most investors, including the pros, all agree on something, they're usually wrong.

Too often it's not the most creative guys or the smartest. Instead, it's the ones who are best at playing politics and soft-soaping their bosses. Boards don't like tough, abrasive guys.

When friends and acquaintances are telling you [that] you are a genius, before you accept their opinion, take a moment to remember what you always thought of their opinions in the past.

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.

I'm no robin hood, I enjoy making the money.

We're not about liquidating companies, but if you do that, why is that terrible? We're not blowing up the factories. The person who buys it should be able to make the asset more productive.

The CEO is, by far, the most important decision for a company... The company is going to rise and fall with the CEO.