On global warming: "So what we are really talking about with global warming is dislocation. Dislocations could cause agony though. The sea level rising would be resolved with enough time and enough capital. I don't think it's an utter calamity for mankind though. You'd have to be a pot-smoking journalism to think that."
Regarding Buffett's cancer diagnosis: "I regarded it as a total non-event. I would bet a lot of money that I have more than he does, I don't event allow them to check for it. … So when my doctor puts down PSA test I just cross it out.”
On Donald Trump (according to Andrew Ross Sorkin): "Obviously I think he's a jerk."
On buying gold: "I think gold is a great thing to sew in to your garments if you're a Jewish family in Vienna in 1939 but I think civilized people don't buy gold."
On Bitcoin: "I think it's rat poison."
On bankers: "I do not think you can trust bankers to control themselves. They are like heroin addicts."
And on investment banking in general: "There's more honor in investment management than in investment banking."
And how he will be remembered: I may be remembered as a wise ass.