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."

Risk comes from not knowing what you're doing.

"You do things when the opportunities come along. I've had periods in my life when I've had a bundle of ideas come along, and I've had long dry spells. If I get an idea next week, I'll do something. If not, I won't do a damn thing."

You only have to do a few things right in you life so long as you don't do too many things wrong.

"When a management with a reputation for brilliance tackles a business with a reputation for bad economics, it is the reputation of the business that remains intact."