I would get rid of the Department of Education. I would get rid of the state departments of education and let the local people control the schools.

Happy wife, happy life.

If you’re going to enjoy the picnic that life really is, you’d better learn to like yourself not despite your flaws and so-called deficits, but because of them.

Accountants are in the past, managers are in the present, and leaders are in the future.

The goal of management is to remove obstacles.

Make your customers comfortable and they will give you their lives.

You can either complain or look for opportunity in every problem. I prefer opportunity.

The people in the front lines are my customers. I need to keep them happy. And, the best way to take care of your customers is to take care of your workers.

With ADD, you’re curious. You’re eyes believe what they see. Your ears believe what others say. I learned to trust my eyes.

One day I'd like to go to the Moon and look at the planet Earth and say, 'Wow, there's part of my portfolio.'

My motto has always been that anybody can do it better than me.

Set a goal when you’re ready for it, make a plan, and stick with it.

The cost of independence has dropped.

If I could write a story that would do for the Indian one-hundredth part what 'Uncle Tom's Cabin' did for the Negro, I would be thankful the rest of my life.

If my name had not been cleared, it would have been difficult, perhaps impossible, to continue as a journalist.

Unfortunately, my career is increasingly leading me into rooms where everybody is funny.

You need better relationships between the communities and the police, because in some cases, it's not good.

When you look up at the sky, you have a feeling of unity which delights you and makes you giddy.

Cruelty, like every other vice, requires no motive outside of itself; it only requires opportunity.

The world economy today is recovering slowly, and there are still some destabilising factors and uncertainties. The underlying impact of the international financial crisis is far from over.

I feel very fortunate to have my ears. I'd share them with everybody but I only have two to go around.