I think that both parties should declare the debt limit as a political weapon of mass destruction which can't be used. I mean, it is silly to have a country that has 237 years building up its reputation and then have people threaten to tear it down because they're not getting some other matter.

I read annual reports of the company I'm looking at and I read the annual reports of the competitors - that is the main source of material.

As an investor with small capital, one should prefer businesses that have high returns on capital and that require little incremental investment to grow.

The dumbest reason in the world to buy a stock is because it's going up.

I have always cautioned partners that I considered three years a minimum in determining whether we were "performing".

If I knew where I was going to want to live the next five or 10 years I would buy a home and I'd finance it with a 30-year mortgage... It's a terrific deal.

I checked the actuarial tables, and the lowest death rate is among six-year-olds. So I decided to eat like a six-year-old.