If we really want to know who is responsible for the mess we're in, all we have to do is look in the mirror. You and I own this country, and we are responsible for what happens to it.

The activist is not the man who says the river is dirty. The activist is the man who cleans up the river.

Life is never more fun than when you're the underdog competing against the giants.

When building a team, I always search first for people who love to win. If I can't find any of those, I look for people who hate to lose.

In business, people are held accountable. In Washington, nobody is held accountable. In business, people are judged on results. In Washington, people are measured by their ability to get reelected.

Most people give up just when they're about to achieve success.

The debt is like a crazy aunt we keep down in the basement. All the neighbors know she's there, but nobody wants to talk about her.

So many people spend their lives chasing money and end up as the richest men in the cemetery. I don't want to be like that.

War has rules, mud wrestling has rules - politics has no rules.

Most people give up just when they're about to achieve success. They quit on the one yard line. They give up at the last minute of the game one foot from a winning touchdown.

I came from an environment where if you see a snake, you kill it. At General motors, if you see a snake, the first thing you do is to hire a consultant on snakes.

Whatever you focus your mind on, you will consciously and subconsciously work towards.

The heavenly sound of music kindles my heart, twinkles my mind, and feeds my soul so that I may transcend and transform.

We have to be in the center of action in order not to end up on the sidelines

I have made mistakes and I have hurt people, I do not deny that fact. But I have corrected those mistakes vigorously once I understood the error of my ways.

Doesn't matter if it's personal or professional, a good partnership takes work.

There is more to joy than looking only for affirmation; refusing to be challenged is the only bigotry.

Muscles I know; they are my friends. But I have forgotten their names.

We are in a new era, a new era where campaign rules certainly don't apply, and who knows what other rules don't apply.

We are none of us perfect, and...we learn to take these imperfections and make them only a small part of who we are

Normally, even if you're on the set for 12 hours, there may be only a moment or two when you are actually useful.