I probably have another two or three years. Or I can pass tomorrow, but it doesn't make a difference to me.

The fireworks begin today. Each diploma is a lighted match. Each one of you is a fuse.

I'm not the type to get ulcers. I give them.

The pure culture is the foundation for all research on infectious disease.

Embrace change. Envision what could be, challenge the status quo, and drive creative destruction.

I believe my business and non-profit investments are much more beneficial to societal well-being than sending more money to Washington.

There was always a love-hate relationship with New York in the rest of the country, but I made them feel more love than hate.

If they don't want to pay for it, they can stop drinking it.

Strive for excellence in few things, rather than good performance in many.

A truly free society is based on a vision of respect for people and what they value.

You aren't just the age you are. You are all the ages you ever have been!

More and more I feel like a letter—deposited here, collected there. But a letter addressed to no one.

If at first you don't succeed you're running about average.

To wake up in the morning and just know what I'm going to wear, it helps me get out of the house faster.

If there's an original thought out there, I could use one right now.

God knows, I haven't always been successful.

A recession doubles the necessity to be really focused on three or four tactics that can prove a return on investment.

God is a Republican, and Santa Claus is a Democrat.

I know from growing up in the spotlight, as it were, that the most important thing is your family.

The royal commissions are successful and effective when they have a focused terms of reference and can do the job quickly and report. And then action can be taken.

The mind is continuously running around. It never sits, it can't sit. Sitting seems to be death to it, and in a way it is.