At the end of the day, capital is a coward. It's going to flee from wherever it perceives risk to be present in the marketplace.

But economic recovery must be earned. And it will be earned by entrepreneurs and it will be earned by small businesses.

The real secret about diplomats is that we're trained to say something, when there is nothing to say, and to say nothing when there is something to say.

Our political debates today are corrosive and not reflective of the belief that Abe Lincoln espoused back in his day: that we are a great country because we are a good country.

To be clear. I believe in evolution and trust scientists on global warming. Call me crazy.

The reality, sitting ten thousand miles away, is that we remain the country that inspires. We remain that shining city on a hill.

My father, one of the great entrepreneurs and philanthropists of this state, taught me that capital - monetary or political - is to be used to benefit others. I intend to continue that tradition.

Politics is a lot of serendipity. You're in the right place and the right time and you've got the right message, and it either connects for you or, or it doesn't.

When America closes its doors, so does everybody else.

It's taken a lot of presidents to get us where we are today, a lot of deployments, a lot of wars, a lot engagements. You add them all up.

If we can't find cuts in the defense budget, we're not looking carefully enough.

There are few overnight successes and many up-all-night successes.

Each of us makes his own weather determines the color of the skies in the emotional universe which he inhabits.

For a woman betrayal has no sense - one cannot betray one's passions.

Once you reach what is / inside it is outside.

Music gave me something to do in my life.

I felt a huge drive to make clothes that everybody could have because I felt ostracized by that world of beauty and fashion. I never thought I would have a part in it. Never in a million years.

That's what being a leader is all about. If the other players see you in a non-positive mind set, that affects them. I have to present an air of confidence at all times.

I formed a band when I was about 13, and we all listened to punk - or what we thought was punk!

Don't wanna sleep, don't wanna die, just wanna go a-travellin' through the pastures of the sky

If African countries can unite and pull resources together, then that will be the best thing we could ever do for the problems in Africa including AIDS.