I don't measure my life by the money I've made. Other people might, but certainly don't.

It's better to build than to buy if you can find the right people.

If you don’t feel comfortable making a rough estimate of the asset’s future earnings, just forget it and move on. No one has the ability to evaluate every investment possibility. But omniscience isn’t necessary; you only need to understand the actions you undertake.

It makes a difference who the treasury secretary is.

We don't get paid for activity, just for being right. As to how long we'll wait, we'll wait indefinitely.

You have hedge funds and people like that buying these assets to yield 15 or 20 percent, I mean, that's the buyer for these people that are trying to unload them.

We always live in an uncertain world. What is certain is that the United States will go forward over time.