Bankruptcy is about financial death and financial rebirth. Bankruptcy is the great American story rewritten. We're a nation of debtors.

It's better to fight because if you don't fight, you can't win. Besides, even when you don't win, you can change the game.

If you don't have a seat at the table, you're probably on the menu.

It's so easy to focus on what could go wrong, on what else you could do before you try the thing you really want to do. No. Just get out there and try.

If Scott Walker sees 100,000 teachers & firefighters as his enemies, maybe it's time we take a closer look at his friends.

Keep a little space in your heart for the improbable. You won't regret it.

If there's any lesson I've learned in the last five years, it's don't be so sure about what lies ahead. There are amazing doors that could open.

Being Native American has been part of my story I guess since the day I was born.

We don't win what we don't fight for.

President Obama believes in a level playing field.

It's a simple idea: We all do better when we work together and invest in our future.

Your unwillingness to change to my view point is purely on the justifiable basis that you have your own strongly held beliefs about important life issues.

Your job is not done when you have determined your goal. You must also plan for and determine how it is to be accomplished. Goals and plans are meaningless if they cannot be executed successfully!

The space between the dish and the pitcher, that I paint also.

I really believe one of the jobs of a writer is to stretch as far as you can into other voices.

I was an avid reader of futurists during the 1970s and '80s. They were so wrong - about everything.

Your margin is my opportunity.

I can't move back to England. My home is in France now. I'd love to but I can't. My family's all there now.

Do not be afraid to go forth and announce the Risen Christ.

Give the ocean a break. Give yourself a break.

I have seen no men in life loving their profession so much as painters, except, perhaps, actors, who, when not engaged themselves, always go to the play.