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.

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.

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.

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.

It’s not the dress you wear

A moral dilemma can be large or small, important or inconsequential, urgent or secondary. One thing is certain: moral dilemmas are ever present.

Berlusconi is a genius in communication. Otherwise, he would never have become so rich.

I know how I want to try and live my life. I know I dont want to leave any darkness behind me.

Fame confers a rank above that of gentleman and of kings. As soon as she issues her patent of nobility, it matters not a straw whether the recipient be the son of a Bourbon or of a tallow-chandler.

It's weird to have to jump in to being married with somebody, but it was really easy.

I want to lift the audience to the miraculous in human nature. After all, we shouldn't be here, with all the odds against us in nature. It's kind of unusual and wonderful!

Trust few men; above all, keep your follies to yourself.

If the mind loves solitude, it has thereby acquired a loftier character, and it becomes still more noble when the taste is indulged in.