There is no substitute for a local newspaper that is doing its job.

If you can eliminate the government as a 39.6% partner, then you will be much better off.

I mean, you know, you're not going to change the human animal. And the human animal really doesn't get a lot smarter.

I wouldn’t mind going to jail if I had three cellmates who played bridge

Investing is laying out money now to get more money back in the future.

I will do anything that is basically covered by the law to reduce Berkshire's tax rate. For example, on wind energy, we get a tax credit if we build a lot of wind farms. That's the only reason to build them. They don't make sense without the tax credit.

I think the Congress will do the right thing. I think that they've - you know, they got into certain arguments and they start worrying about assessing blame, and there is a little demagoguery, but in the end, something this important, they'll do the right thing. So this really is an economic Pearl Harbor. That sounds melodramatic, but I've never used that phrase before. And this really is one.