I look at everything. That's my job. I really do, every day. I think about everything.

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.

If you buy the things you don't need, you will soon be selling the things that you need.

Investment must be rational; if you can't understand it, don't do it.

The smarter the journalists are, the better off society is.

It's just that I landed up in a terrific capitalist system. One that pays people who allocate capital extraordinarily well. Intrinsically, I'm not worth as much as somebody who invents something that could improves people's life, or health or whatever.

You shouldn't own common stocks if a 50 per cent decrease in their value in a short period of time would cause you acute distress.