One man saying that everything is wrong can command coast-to-coast attention in living color, a power not given to an absolute monarch a century ago.

All of life is the management of risk, not its elimination.

Human capital will go where it is wanted, and it will stay where it is well treated. It cannot be driven; it can only be attracted.

Information about money has become almost as important as money itself.

Failure is not a crime. Failure to learn from failure is.

Capital goes to where it can escape taxation and be used to pay employees in sacks of rice.

The information revolution has changed wealth. Intellectual capital is far more important than money.

The guy with the competitive advantage is the one with the best technology.

Every line in the government's budget has its own constituency.

Information about money is more important than money itself.

Capital goes where it is welcome and stays where it is well treated.

I stand there unmoving while they take part in the boldest form of dissent they can manage. Silence.

Doing and acting build a culture of excellence

The telephone, which interrupts the most serious conversations and cuts short the most weighty observations, has a romance of its own.

Those [Watergate] tapes are going to take me to my grave with a huge smile on my face.

Pass legislation. When Obama signs, you've shown seriousness and the ability to govern. When he vetoes, you've clarified the differences between party philosophies and prepared the ground for 2016.

Once you allow yourself to identify with the people in a story, then you might begin to see yourself in that story even if on the surface it's far removed from your situation.

I don't think Aaron Sorkin can write a character who isn't really funny.

At a certain point one ceases to defend a certain view of history; one must defend history itself.

[Mujahedeen], by the way, don't represent Islam in any formal sense. They're not imams or sheiks. They are self-appointed warriors for Islam.

If programmers deserve to be rewarded for creating innovative programs, by the same token they deserve to be punished if they restrict the use of these programs.