No matter how great the talent or efforts, some things just take time.

All but a few of the organizations do not specifically promise to deliver superior investment performance although it is perhaps not unreasonable for the public to draw such an inference from their advertised emphasis on professional management.

I would say that an RFC-like thing might make sense. I probably would do it myself. But I don't think trying to combine that with what's going through now, I think what is needed now is liquidity.

I did not think I would see the day when, you know, an AIG would not be able to have its checks clear.

I don't want to hold out false hopes that the - by some magic moment, that things will turn around in a couple months because they wouldn't, Charlie. I mean, and it's a big mistake to try and mislead people.

In other words, the percentage change in book value in any given year is likely to be reasonably close to that year's change in intrinsic value.

If I eat 2,700 calories a day, a quarter of that is Coca-Cola.