Your reputation is what others think of you

You should not measure your success by the amount of money you make or titles you have, instead measure it by how much value you create and the difference you make.

Children are everything we could have been.

Tahiti has been spoiled for many years, but Bali is one of the few cultures with origins in one of the great ancient cultures which is still alive.

I do have investments, investments in new jobs, investments in education, skill training, and the opportunities for people to get ahead and stay ahead. That's the kind of approach that will work.

My focus, my life, my world is now. You just can't plan the future.

Nothing feeds upon itself as liberality does.

I recorded my first jazz record in the '70s.

I started at 14, and only played bass. I traded in my train set for a bass, and used my dad's amp.

I just think God put me on this earth as a tool... showing people you can achieve stuff once you set you mind to things, that it can be accomplished.

Social democracy does not represent an ideal future; it does not even represent the ideal past.