OUR leaders have asked for “shared sacrifice.” But when they did the asking, they spared me. I checked with my mega-rich friends to learn what pain they were expecting. They, too, were left untouched.

Read 500 pages every day. That's how knowledge works. It builds up like compound interest.

Well, it may be all right in practice, but it will never work in theory

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

You don't want 300 million Americans putting their money under the mattress.

If you're in a card game and you can't figure out who the patsy is, you're it.

I choose to work with every single person that I work with. That ends up being the most important factor. I don't interact with people I don't like or admire. That's the key. It's like marrying.