If you want a government that's going to do the things we ask our government to do, you've got to get it from somebody.

I would say the biggest single cause was we had an incredible residential real estate bubble.

The less prudence with which others conduct their affairs, the greater the prudence with which we should conduct our own affairs.

If you want to shoot rare, fast-moving elephants, you should always carry a loaded gun.

It's much easier to stay out of trouble now than to get out of trouble later.

I'm the luckiest guy in the world in terms of what I do for a living. No one can tell me to do things I don't believe in or things I think are stupid.

If you own the only newspaper in town, up until the last five years or so, you have pricing power and you didn't have to go to the office.