Keep things informal. Talking is the natural way to do business. Writing is great for keeping records and putting down details, but talk generates ideas. Great things come from out luncheon meetings which consist of a sandwich, a cup of soup, and a good idea or two. No martinis.

It has become cheaper to look for oil on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange than in the ground.

Predictability can lead to failure.

I don't believe in a price on carbon, because the government is going to control it and they're going to fail.

Don't get the idea that I've turned green. My business is making money, and I think this is going to make a lot of money.

I've always believed that it's important to show a new look periodically. Predictability can lead to failure.

Chief executives, who themselves own few shares of their companies, have no more feeling for the average stockholder than they do for baboons in Africa.