I don't panic. The same thing applies to me as to everybody else, so I'm given to euphoria and despair. And I would say that I basically have survived by recognizing my mistakes.

I rely a great deal on animal instincts.

Mankind's ability to understand and control the forces of nature greatly exceeds our ability to govern ourselves

When I had made more money than I needed for myself and my family, I set up a foundation to promote the values and principles of a free and open society.

If the terrorists have the sympathy of people, it's much harder to find them. So we need people on our side, and that leads us to be responsible leaders of the world, show some concern with the problems.

It is better to have a cat and mouse game where the cat has the upper hand than a cat and mouse game where the mice are ruling. Because the latter means that the market participants are given free range. That was actually the big misconception of our national hero Ronald Reagan, who always talked about the magic of the market.

The reality is that financial markets are self-destabilizing; occasionally they tend toward disequilibrium, not equilibrium.