It is much easier to modify an opinion if one has not already persuasively declared it.

Any business that has the sole purpose of making money is not worth doing.

Everybody has equal opportunity and I think that is true for everything.

Really do a job and do it well.

It is important to achieve our goals, but not at any cost.

Relationships and trust. This is the bedrock of life.

When I was a bachelor with a different girl in my arms every week, people don't think I was quite legitimate.

We’re headed toward a two-tiered society- a society that’s destroying opportunities for the disadvantaged and creating welfare for the rich.

I believe in gay marriage.

I think to balance the budget, probably every federal department has to take cuts in my opinion.

You know, once you’ve stood up to cancer, everything else feels like a pretty easy fight.

A truly free society is based on a vision of respect for people and what they value.

We must measure what leads to results, not simply what is easy to measure.

To do meaningful work is to contribute - to create value in society.

The only way you improve is to try new things.

Make big political contributions, this destructive cycle goes on and on.

If you never failed, then you're probably not doing very much.

I don't know why people carry guns. Guns kill people.

The cold harsh reality is that we have to balance the budget.