Advocating democracy has, by other people, often been taken as a form of imperialism, and not without some justification. So the important thing in a democracy is that it doesn't necessarily have to agree with what America's interests are, and it doesn't necessarily have to be serving American interests.

I am not a Zionist, nor am I am a practicing Jew, but I have a great deal of sympathy for my fellow Jews and a deep concern for the survival of Israel.

Every bubble has two components: something - some real trend, and a misconception about that trend.

I'm only rich because I know when I'm wrong.

The financial markets generally are unpredictable. So that one has to have different scenarios... The idea that you can actually predict what's going to happen contradicts my way of looking at the market.

America needs to follow the policies it has introduced in Germany. We have to go through a certain de-Nazification process.

My original intention was to spend the money in my lifetime.