I want to be able to explain my mistakes. This means I do only the things I completely understand.

OUR leaders have asked for “shared sacrifice.” But when they did the asking, they spared me. I checked with my mega-rich friends to learn what pain they were expecting. They, too, were left untouched.

We've used derivatives for many, many years. I don't think derivatives are evil, per se, I think they are dangerous.

My idea of a group decision is to look in the mirror.

I would say it's more important who the treasury secretary is than who the vice president is. If you want to have a debate here, I'd like a debate between potential treasury secretaries than the vice presidential debate.

In investing, just as in baseball, to put runs on the scoreboard, one must watch the playing field, not the scoreboard.

Managers thinking about accounting issues should never forget one of Abraham Lincoln's favorite riddles: How many legs does a dog have, if you call a tail a leg? The answer: Four, because calling a tail a leg doesn't make it a leg.