Our goal is to find an outstanding business at a sensible price, not a mediocre business at a bargain price.

Opportunities come infrequently. When it rains gold, put out the bucket, not the thimble.

If you can't communicate and talk to other people and get across your ideas, you're giving up your potential.

It is more important to say "no" to an opportunity, than to say "yes".

We have provided capital here with a couple of institutions recently. The Federal government did that in the '30s for the RFC and I think there could well be a proper role for government in that.

I always knew I was going to be rich. I don't think I ever doubted it for a minute.

The secret to happiness is having low expectations.