Now is the time to give me roses, not to keep them for my grave to come. Give them to me while my heart beats, give them today while my heart yearns for jubilee. Now is the time.

We dare not forget, lest we become a nation that does not only not know its roots but where it’s going

When jealousy rears up, it indicates that something inside of you is afraid. It's an alarm, nothing less and nothing more. Treat it as such.

To call an artist morbid because he deals with morbidity as his subject-matter is as silly as if one called Shakespeare mad because he wrote ‘King Lear.

Growing up in Kansas City, I was always neat, the teacher's pet, know-it-all type.

The key to successful leadership today is influence, not authority.

a book always keeps something of its owner between its pages.

Always challenge the old ways.

Every leader needs to clearly explain the top three things the organization is working on. If you can't, you are not leading well.

You can't take yourself too seriously.

We're certainly looking forward for consolidating and strengthening the U.S.-Egyptian relationship.

It gets bigger every time you go over. In China, there was Yao Ming stuff everywhere. I'm just fortunate to have a good-looking face to where they recognize me.