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

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

Michael Bloomberg

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

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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

The only way you improve is to try new things.

The only way you improve is to try new things.

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

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

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

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

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

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

I know how to make decisions and stand up to criticism every day.

I know how to make decisions and stand up to criticism every day.

What has changed is that people have stopped working together.

What has changed is that people have stopped working together.

Getting the job done has been the basis for the success my company has achieved.

Getting the job done has been the basis for the success my company has achieved.

You bet I did and I enjoyed it.

You bet I did and I enjoyed it.

After hard work, the biggest determinant is being in the right place at the right time.

After hard work, the biggest determinant is being in the right place at the right time.

The next day after I got fired, literally the next day, I started a new company.

The next day after I got fired, literally the next day, I started a new company.

You can't sit there and worry about everything.

You can't sit there and worry about everything.

Buy what's deliverable, not what could be.

Buy what's deliverable, not what could be.

You can't depend on polls.

You can't depend on polls.