Being first is more important to me [than earning money]. I have so much money. Whatever money is, it's just a method of keeping score now. I mean, I certainly don't need more money.

A corporation's primary goal is to make money. Government's primary role is to take a big chunk of that money and give it to others.

If you do everything that everyone else does in business, you're going to lose. The only way to really be ahead, is to 'be different'.

Great achievers are driven, not so much by the pursuit of success, but by the fear of failure.

The only way to get ahead is to find errors in conventional wisdom.

Act confident, even when you're not.

When you innovate, you've got to be prepared for everyone telling you you're nuts.

The things that caused problems for me in school are the same things that help me succeed in the world.

See things in the present, even if they are in the future.

You have to believe in what you do in order to get what you want.

Life's a journey. It's a journey about discovering limits.

We live in a fractured world. I've always seen it as my role as an artist to attempt to make wholeness.

I hate not understanding the words, because it kind of squashes the song. It shrinks the visual landscape that you've made for the sounds. And, all of a sudden, the content eclipses things.

I think what my father is saying is I want a fair election. I want a fair election.

In the simplest of terms, what we are doing in Korea is this: We are trying to prevent a third world war.

We'll get things done together. Democrats, Republicans, independents, we're going to make progress together when I'm president.

My workout is my obligation to life. It's my tranquilizer. It's part of the way I tell the truth--and telling the truth is what's kept me going all these years.

I have exactly as much rhythm as you think I have.

Pete (Rose) doesn't run with celebrities and he can't stand the phonies. His big buddy in LA ain't Sinatra, it's a funny old groundskeeper.

I testify that each one of us can feel the Lord's inspiration as we live worthily and strive to serve Him.

But only art and music have the power to bring peace.