I've had the philosophy that John Adams expressed, in the kind of system that we're trying to create in this country: that this is a system for moral people. It will work for no other.

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.

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

Success is one of the worst enemies of success, because success tends to breed complacency and lack of humility.

To do meaningful work is to contribute - to create value in society.

We must measure what leads to results, not simply what is easy to measure.

When everyone gets something for nothing, soon no one will have anything, because no one will be producing anything.

The only way you improve is to try new things.

If you never failed, then you're probably not doing very much.

A classical liberal is someone who wants a society that maximizes peace, civility, tolerance, and well-being for everyone. One that opens opportunities for everyone to advance themselves.

Your tears are never invisible---there is always an insecure woman that lights up when you point them out.

I want to be a professional.

Out of a brotherly love we occasionally embrace this or that somebody (because we cannot embrace everybody): but we must never letour somebody know it.

Poetry is a kind of ingenious nonsense.

A prince wants only the pleasure of private life to complete his happiness.

As great edifices collapse of their own weight, so Heaven sets a similar limit to the growth of prosperous states.

Often we tell ourselves, "Don't just sit there, do something!" But when we practice awareness, we discover that the opposite may be more helpful: "Don't just do something, sit there!"

Brother, thy tail hangs down behind.

I can say, hands down, 'Annapolis' is the most challenging film I've ever taken on.

I made records in the past that are as traditional as any other country records that have been made, but at the same time the records have a contemporary slant on it too.