We all make mistakes. If you can't make mistakes, you can't make decisions. I've made a lot bigger mistakes myself.

We've got a wonderful economic formula in this country.

Opportunities come infrequently. When it rains gold, put out the bucket, not the thimble.

In some corner of the world they are probably still holding regular meetings of the Flat Earth Society. We derive no comfort because important people, vocal people, or great numbers of people agree with us. Nor do we derive comfort if they don't.

You don't want 300 million Americans putting their money under the mattress.

I read annual reports of the company I'm looking at and I read the annual reports of the competitors - that is the main source of material.

I don't need 15 houses. Owning real estate doesn't mean much to me. I don't like to think about things like that. I don't need 12 boats, or even the world's largest boat with a crew of 80. I'd have to take care of them, to worry about them. I get a lot more fun out of life without all the bells and whistles.