I am a huge bull on this country. We will not have a double-dip recession at all. I see our businesses coming back almost across the board.

I asked him what he wanted to do for his career, and he replied that he wanted to go into a particular field, but thought he should work for McKinsey for a few years first to add to his resume. To me that's like saving sex for your old age. It makes no sense.

Failure comes from ego, greed, envy, fear, imitation. I have success not because I am smart, but because I am rational.

Buy a cross section of American industry, and if a cross section of American industry doesn't work, certainly trying to pick the little beauties here and there isn't going to work either.

The dominant factors affecting control valuations are earning power (past and prospective) and asset values.

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

I really like my life. I've arranged my life so that I can do what I want.