I think it's been, you know, kind of like a tragic play to this point. But at this point, I think it's clear, and will be clear to the majority of the Congress. I think it's clear to the American people that there is only one countervailing force to a world where financial institutions are trying to sell instruments every day and where credit has dried up, and that's the United States Treasury.

The ideal business is one that earns very high returns on capital and that keeps using lots of capital at those high returns. That becomes a compounding machine.

If I were the treasury secretary or head of the Fed, you know, I would try to scare the hell the out of the private sector and say, you better save this because you're going down with the ship.

Be fearful when there is greed and be greedy when there is fear.

You get what I call the natural progression, the three Is. The innovators, the imitators, and the idiots.

I’ve never believed in risking what my family and friends have and need in order to pursue what they don’t have and don’t need.

Success is having people love you that you want to have love you.