I am a better investor because I am a businessman, and a better businessman because I am no investor.

I mean, in terms of alternatives, some people have suggested for example that why don't we - why isn't America doing what Berkshire Hathaway is doing? Why isn't that a better deal for America?

You can't stand to see your neighbor getting rich. You know you're smarter than he is and he's doing these things and he's getting rich.

[Gold] gets dug out of the ground in Africa, or someplace. Then we melt it down, dig another hole, bury it again and pay people to stand around guarding it. It has no utility. Anyone watching from Mars would be scratching their head.

I would say that life at 84, I am having as much fun as I've ever had in my life. I mean I get to do what I love every day with the people I love-and it just doesn't get any better than that.

As one of my older friends says, "Nostalgia just isn't what it used to be." Let's take a stab at it, anyway.

We all make mistakes. If you can't make mistakes, you can't make decisions. I've made a lot bigger mistakes myself.