I don't read economic forecasts. I don't read the funny papers.

Never count on making a good sale. Have the purchase price be so attractive that even a mediocre sale gives good results.

Our marketable equities tell us by their operating results - not by their daily, or even yearly, price quotations - whether our investments are successful. The market may ignore business success for a while, but eventually will confirm it.

We don't read other people's opinions. We want to get the facts, and then think.

There are certain things that cannot be adequately explained to a virgin either by words or pictures.

I think you'll have plenty of scrutiny as how the money's invested. I mean, just like the RFC. When the RFC operated, people knew which institutions they were buying preferred stock in. And it worked very well.

I don't think you can have a better secretary of the Treasury than Hank Paulson.