A hyperactive stock market is the pickpocket of enterprise.

If you get to my age in life and nobody thinks well of you, I don't care how big your bank account is, your life is a disaster.

We do not view the company itself as the ultimate owner of our business assets but instead view the company as a conduit through which our shareholders own assets.

We really can say no in 10 seconds or so to 90%+ of all the things that come along simply because we have these filters.

I’ve worked in an economy that rewards someone who saves the lives of others on a battlefield with a medal, rewards a great teacher with thank-you notes from parents, but rewards those who can detect the mispricing of securities with sums reaching into the billions.

One’s objective should be to get it right, get it quick, get it out and get it over. Your problem won’t improve with age.

Every day that goes by, I mean, if you don't react to Pearl Harbor for a week or two weeks or three weeks, you're behind in the war that you otherwise would have fought.