I've never been very fully employed either.

I made my first investment at age eleven. I was wasting my life up until then.

I lose confidence in other people, all kinds of institutions.

My wealth has come from a combination of living in America, some lucky genes, and compound interest.

There is seldom just one cockroach in the kitchen. You know, you turn on the light and, all of sudden, they all start scurrying around.

The smarter the journalists are, the better off society is. For to a degree, people read the press to inform themselves - and the better the teacher, the better the student body.

I mean, Hank Paulson is in there [ Treasury] at the wrong time, probably shouldn't have taken the job. He's a friend of mine. But he knows markets, he knows corporations' work, he knows money, and he's got the interests of the country at heart.