People always say congratulations. When you're a successful bidder it means you're willing to spend more money than anyone else. I'm not sure if that's congratulations or condolences.

The best move you can make in negotiation is to think of an incentive the other person hasn't even thought of - and then meet it.

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.

Any city in America would like to get a museum built if they didn't have to pay for it.

I never play golf because it takes too long, and the business connections it produces can be made just as easily over an early breakfast.

People don't know I've got a deep social conscience. I'm a child of the Depression, born in 1933. My parents were very liberal in their social views.

You always learn lessons in business.