I think it's a little unfair for people to say you're not paying your fair share of taxes. I'm paying what I'm supposed to pay. Change the law, and I'll pay what I'm supposed to pay.

Persist - don't take no for an answer. If you're happy to sit at your desk and not take any risk, you'll be sitting at your desk for the next 20 years.

The world is a complicated place, and there's a lot of division between people. The performing arts tend to unify people in a way nothing else does.

When I worked in the White House for President Carter, we tried to do comprehensive tax reform and we made some progress, and other presidents have as well.

People used to think that private equity was basically just a compensation scheme, but it is much more about making companies more efficient.

I am involved in a lot of nonprofits. And when I reached the ripe old age of 60, I wanted to provide leadership to some I had been involved in.

I really hope that the philanthropy movement is seen not just as wealthy people giving money away but wealthy people giving away their time, their energy and their ideas.

I regard food as fuel. I am not a brunch person.

Sometimes the best decisions in life are on the spur of the moment. So I generally try to do what I think is right. And sometimes I make mistakes.

I'm blessed by the fact I only need five hours of sleep on a daily basis. I do tend to regard Saturday and Sunday as work days.

I realised how rich I had become and I asked myself, 'Do I really want to be the richest person in the cemetery?

Well-intentioned but ill-informed actions usually compromise quality.

The best revenge is democracy.

luckily, tiny texts me every five minutes or so. i don't know how he does it without getting caught in class. maybe he hides the phone in the folds of his stomach or something.

I'm a healthy weight for my height, and I like how I look on most days.

The world is chaos. Nothingness is the yet-to-be-born god of the world.

It's a law of life - check it and you'll see it holds true in every situation of life.

I feel like God has forgiven me of so much, that I will forgive everyone who has hurt us

Putting words on paper regularly is part of the necessary discipline of writing. A journal is a great way to do that.

People's opinions of us will always change, but how we see ourselves will stay with us forever.

The paperless office is possible, but not by imitating paper. Note that the horseless carriage did not work by imitating horses.