It's not debt per say that overwhelms an individual corporation or country. Rather it is a continuous increase in debt in relation to income that causes trouble.

It will be good for us in the long run, and I mean there are, you know, six and a half billion people in this world. And it's great for 300 million to keep enjoying more and more property, but I think it's terrific if, you know, the remainder do.

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

The reaction of weak management to weak operations is often weak accounting.

Problems in a company are like cockroaches in the kitchen. You will never find just one

Investing in yourself is the best thing you can do. If you've got talents, no one can take them from you.

I don't think you can have a better secretary of the Treasury than Hank Paulson.