I'm sure that being an applicant from the American School in Vienna helped get me into all seven colleges I applied to.

Forget 'branding' and 'positioning.' Once you understand customer behavior, everything else falls into place.

Some of the best opportunities in the world are the most obvious ones.

The way to really create justice for workers in America is to create job growth.

If a customer walks out without shoes, you really want to find out why. 'It didn't fit' is not good enough.

After 25 years in business, Mitt Romney understands how jobs come and go, and what we need to do to get our economy back on track.

Of course, losing my father was traumatic. I was an only child. But from the time my father died, my general theme in life has been to turn adversity into opportunity.

When a company goes bankrupt, you as a company have absolutely no say whatsoever as to what happens.

The role of private equity as fiduciaries is certainly to make money.

They've got a Jobs Council that never meets. A Democratic Senate that doesn't act. A President who doesn't believe and a Vice President who won't stop talking. They just don't get it.

Typically you see the home office think up some great program but doesn't think through implementation at the store level.

You will find the reality of life by reading.

That blasted family could never look at a living thing without wanting to make a profit out of it, preferably by killing it.

Million dollar deals in my email, you mad as hell you ain't CC'ed

I have no desire for any type of introspection at all. I don't ever ask myself any questions. I don't want answers.

Caring for our seniors is perhaps the greatest responsibility we have. Those who walked before us have given so much and made possible the life we all enjoy.

Ethics is not just an abstract intellectual discipline. It is about the conflicts that arise in trying to meet real human needs and values.

The adage 'a family that prays together, stays together' is so true.

A lot of what acting is is paying attention.

And I think more than anything else, I know when I go to bed that no one's working harder doing what I'm doing, and I think, quite frankly, simply that hard work at some point was gonna pay off.

I'd rather see a kid get fixated on something they can turn into a career.