I know the country works extremely well. You know, but when it isn't clogged up.

I prefer liquor store robbers with hungry kids to companies that locate offshore to avoid U.S. taxes.

It's good to learn from your mistakes. It's better to learn from other people's mistakes.

Anything can happen anytime in markets. And no advisor, economist, or TV commentator-and definitely not Charlie nor I-can tell you when chaos will occur. Market forecasters will fill your ear but will never fill your wallet.

Writing checks to the IRS that include strings of zeros does not bother me ... Overall, we feel extraordinarily lucky to have been dealt a hand in life that enables us to write large checks to the government rather than one requiring the government to regularly write checks to us-say, because we are disabled or unemployed.

Games are won by players who focus on the playing field -- not by those whose eyes are glued to the scoreboard.

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.