Greenmail, in case you're wondering, is when a company pays a raider a premium for his holdings-if he'll go away. What I think it really is is blackmail in a pin-striped suit.

I don't need a $100 million mistake. Try to make a $5 million mistake if you have to make one.

If you own up to your mistakes, you don't suffer as much. But that's a tough lesson to learn.

There's a world of difference between a strong ego, which is essential, and a large ego-which can be destructive.

To solve big problems you have to be willing to do unpopular things.

There's a billboard in a little farm town in the Midwest that says: IF YOU COMPLAIN ABOUT FARMERS, DON'T TALK WITH YOUR MOUTH FULL.

The ability to concentrate and to use time well is everything.