A lot of executives act like their time is worth more than anyone else's. But I always respect an employee who guards his or her time, even from me.

I don't think the market can keep going up. In the U.S., we see real estate not going up.. houses are selling at lower prices. You can't have anything going up 10 percent to 20 percent to 30 percent indefinitely.

I learned to embrace risk, as long as it was well thought out and, in a worst-case scenario, I'd still land on my feet.

No one ever made a million bucks by being cautious or timid or reasonable.

I don't think it makes any sense for an individual to invest in common stocks unless they know the company, work at the company, and so on.

Unfortunately, the boards of art institutions tend to be populated with well-meaning supporters of the arts who often lack any business background or appetite for imposing appropriate discipline.

School district policies and practices have not kept pace with student and teacher needs.