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

Calculate "owner earnings" to get a true reflection of value.

They [Goverment] take from the woman who comes in and takes the wastebaskets out.

If you were at Lehman, the same thing happened. If you were at AIG, the shareholders are getting creamed on these things. And those shareholders are not just a bunch of big shots in Wall Street. Those are pension funds, and those are investors all over the country. I wouldn't worry too much about that. Justice won't be perfect on it.

What we learn from history is that people don't learn from history.

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

Inflation could be a very - is a likely consequence out of what's going on now.