Other guys read Playboy. I read annual reports.

I'll bring my tax returns; you bring yours. I'll meet you anytime anywhere.

Turnarounds seldom turn.

I mean, you may be very mad at some guy that walked away with a huge golden parachute, but that really isn't the important thing.

If you gave me $100 billion and said take away the soft drink leadership of Coca-Cola in the world, I'd give it back to you and say it can't be done.

I don't want to give a lecture to this body that's out there. You know, I mean, having had the heart attack, I want to get it back functioning. And as a practical matter, I mean if you were Bear Stearns, and you were a shareholder, you know, you lost 90 to 95 percent of your money. A good many lost their jobs. They lost very cushy lives, many of them.

Buy companies with strong histories of profitability and with a dominant business franchise.