“The best antidote to folly from an excess of self-regard is to force yourself to be more objective when you are thinking about yourself, your family and friends, your property, and the value of your past and future activity.”

“Here's an area where we have a perfect record that extends over many decades. We have been demonstrably foolish in almost every operation that had to do with real estate we've ever touched. That housing tract that I developed because I didn't want to let the zoning authorities rob me the way they wanted to — I wish I had let them. We have a certified record of failure in this deal.”

“I don't mind not having caught Amazon early. The guy is kind of a miracle worker. It's very peculiar. I give myself a pass on that. But I feel like a horse's ass for not identifying Google better.”

On missing Google despite GEICO's ad-spend evidence; wording varies slightly by transcript.

“We live in a world of sin, sorrow, and misdecision.”

“Well, all human successes are successes so far. And this is a success so far, and we don't know for sure what the ultimate consequences would be.”