Don't risk what is important to you, to get what is not important to you.

I don't need 15 houses. Owning real estate doesn't mean much to me. I don't like to think about things like that. I don't need 12 boats, or even the world's largest boat with a crew of 80. I'd have to take care of them, to worry about them. I get a lot more fun out of life without all the bells and whistles.

I insist on a lot of time being spent, almost every day, to just sit and think. That is very uncommon in American business.

Market price, while used exclusively to value our investments in minority positions, is not a relevant factor when applied to our controlling interests.

I am not worried about the country. I'm just worried about anything that gums up the potential of the country. And right now, it's pretty gummed up.

Let blockheads read what blockheads wrote.

To be successful, you should concentrate on the world of companies, not arcane accounting mathematics.