I can imagine no more important contribution to our country's future than a long-term commitment to improving urban K-12 public schools.

Civilizations are not remembered by their business people, their bankers or lawyers. They're remembered by the arts.

Contemporary art challenges us.. it broadens our horizons. It asks us to think beyond the limits of conventional wisdom.

If someone can't give me a good reason why you can't do something, I find a way to do it.

The best move you can make in negotiation is to think of an incentive the other person hasn't even thought of - and then meet it.

Who you spend your life with-much more so than how you choose to spend it-is the most important decision you can make. Do it right. That's the best advice I can give you.

For businesses to be successful, they need to constantly ask the question: how can we provide value to our customers? At the end of the day, that is what matters.

Research – and using what you learn from it to analyze every situation – is what separates being unreasonable from being irrational.

Art evokes emotion. It doesn't have to be a thing of beauty.

I have always believed that every great city in history needs a vibrant center.

If you have poor management that's not doing the right job, you end up with unions filling the void and... page after page of work rules and thicker and thicker contracts.

Some things in life are worth waiting for.

The greatest risk is not taking one.

We have grasped the mystery of the atom and rejected the Sermon on the Mount.

Jesus is nuts about kids. He doesn't seem to think much of lawyers which really lands close to home, but He's nuts about kids and loves justice.

the Japanese school year begins in spring ... so mothers can send off their children as cherry blossoms fall from the branches.

Using numerology to count the people I sent to heaven, Produces more digits than 22 divided by 7.

I was one of two first cultural exchange artists been allowed to go to the West. I knew it was such a rare opportunity and I had to treasure it by giving my utter most to achieve excellence.

The physicians are the natural attorneys of the poor, and the social problems should largely be solved by them.

I've always had that obsessive will to win and a commitment to excellence.

I try to prepare for everything beyond the extent of preparation.