I get a bit of a kick out of exporting private enterprise and incentives.

If I had been a bricklayer I'd still have been a journeyman.

You need to decide what problems, what opportunities, what projects you're going to work on.

I get a bit of a kick out of exporting private enterprise and incentives.

You can't work on 15 problems at the same time.

Work hard, use your common sense and don't be afraid to trust your instincts.

There were around 1,000 stores when I was made president.

I think the ability to focus is a thread that runs through so-called successful people. And that's something that can be developed. It can be self-taught.

We've got a low turnover management group and executive group who've grown up in the business.

People who are employed in a way they don't like - my heart cries for them.

The only boundaries for me are those I place on myself. I can make my own dreams come true.

People and land need healing which is all inclusive - holistic.

But it's for every writer to decide his own pace, and the pace varies with the writer and the work.

I have always been more comfortable with daredevil acts than with the everyday nuances of life. Let me jump out of a plane, speak in front of a roomful of strangers, even trek across Siberia.

Let your dreams change your reality, don't let your reality change your dreams.

God's given me so much talent, and my height doesn't define my skill set. I believe that God has given me a right arm, and for some reason, even though I'm 5'11", to be able to make the throws and make great decisions on the field and all that.

Greater love hath no man than to attend the Episcopal Church with his wife.

I had a desire to prove to myself that I was actually in control - that I wasn't a puppet.

I'm for the Wall Street Occupiers. But will they accept me when they find out I sell packaged mortgage default instruments to children?

If you have stage fright, it never goes away. But then I wonder: is the key to that magical performance because of the fear?

I always enjoy working with an international crew and director. But on the set of a Hollywood action film - now that's a whole other world. The sheer grand scale of the way things are done over there makes me envious; it's just so different from the way things are done in Japan.

Acrid bitterness inevitably seeps into the lives of people who harbor grudges and suppress anger bitterness is always a poison. It keeps your pain alive instead of letting you deal with it and get beyond it. Bitterness sentences you to relive the hurt over and over.

I am very close to my family, and there's something life-affirming about that. Even if you feel completely different from them and have totally different views on politics and ethics, you're still family and have that immediate acceptance.

I like a girl who laughs a lot. That's my main thing.

The truth is, you have about three paragraphs in a short story, three pages in a novel, to capture that editor's attention enough for her to finish your story.

No man is good enough to govern another man without that others consent.

Imagination in the child is powerful. Reading and laughter and love are essential in our lives.

I'm sorry. The two most inadequate words in the English language.

Cape Verde produces good people.

I am a pet person. My dog actually lives in Georgia now. But I work with animal trainers and pets quite often. I also volunteer at different places like animal shelters. It's good to be around pets. They kind of put things into perspective. They're easygoing, loyal, and they seem to get it, even when humans don't.

The rare moment is not the moment when there is something worth looking at, but the moment when we are capable of seeing.

Believe me, all of you, the best way to help the places we live in is to be glad we live there.

The challenge of screenwriting is to say much in little and then take half of that little out and still preserve an effect of leisure and natural movement.

Social class has worked for years. Born into the right family, go to the right schools, even if you're not super bright to start with, you'll turn out bright. You go to the right university, you get the right job, you have the right connections, you'll make it to the top. Job done, very efficient.