Books, like proverbs, receive their chief value from the stamp and esteem of the ages through which they have passed.

What I learned at Oxford has been used to great advantage throughout my business career.

The overwhelming majority of my rated wealth consists of investments in companies that produce goods and services.

My wealth is not a subject I relish discussing.

For me, one of the lessons from 9/11 is that you have to give the organization context for how you're acting, and you've got to communicate constantly, in this case particularly with all the changes that were occurring in the financial marketplace and in the economy.

When I was 23, 24, I started covering hedge funds - a lot of this was luck - when no one else did. This was before hedge funds were the prettiest girl in school: this was pre-nose job and treadmill for hedge funds, when nobody talked to them - back then, it was just all about insurance companies and money managers.

I understand that it's the thought that counts, but receiving money is so great, so if you're in a position to give an employee a bonus, just do that.

We're really not going to get that much money out of a lottery for a small state like Alabama.