You have your own culture and your own ways of doing things. I hope Japan continues on this path.

The government has the right to change laws and rules and regulations.

You read constantly that banks are lobbying regulators and elected officials as if this is inappropriate. We don't look at it that way.

Don't do anything stupd. And don't waste money. Let everybody else waste money and do stupid things; then we'll buy them.

Just because you have a good hand today doesn't mean it's good tomorrow. And some of the things we're doing may become very disadvantageous at some point.

My daughter asked me when she came home from school, "What's the financial crisis?" and I said, it's something that happens every five to seven years.

Our plate is full. We have a lot to do building our company organically and that is our key focus.

We're going to do the right thing for the company and our customers, all things considered.

Businesses can be opaque. They are complex. You don't know how aircraft engines work either.

We have built a very good company, and we're proud of it. We also recognize that much of it has been built on the shoulders of the thousands of employees and leaders who have worked here before us.

You never know exactly how new policies are going to work. That doesn't mean you shouldn't try them.

How could anyone stay sane with entire lifetimes stored in one human mind?

My relationship with Music Row has always been, from my end, optimistic and hopeful that there is more than one way to approach the writing, recording, and marketing of an album.

One thing we do know about the threat of climate change is that the cost of adjustment only grows the longer it's left unaddressed.

As I became very defined in my personal politics, I turned down some films that I slightly regret now; I'm not going to say what they were.

You know, we live in a day when we are more afraid of holiness than we are of sinfulness.

There are no other Everglades in the world.

We have just started, and if you compare the number of people using Skype to the number using a telephone network around the world, we're still just starting.

I think the most important thing really was that you could take very personal ideas and present them to an audience in entertaining ways.

The individual leads in order that those who are led can develop their potential as human beings and thereby prosper.

It's hard not to be afraid. Be less afraid.