I'm a capitalist but one who is smallist and localist, and who favours businesses where owners are still in charge.

You have family-owned businesses that have been around for 500 years. You cannot name a corporation that survives intact for even a few decades.

The people I go after are the false experts, those who do not accept the limits of their knowledge.

There are two types of people: those who try to win and those who try to win arguments. They are never the same.

I am happy everywhere except in places where I see glitz and rich farts. I am happiest in Brooklyn, where the concentration of rich farts is minimal.

The mortgage crisis is a clear instance of consumers who needed protection. There was predatory lending to people who didn't know what they were doing.