Silence can never be misquoted.
My experience indicates that most people who've accumulated a great deal of wealth haven't had that as their goal at all. Wealth is only a by-product, not the original motivation.
There's no substitute for rolling up your sleeves and working with the people who can make a difference. They get the benefit of your participation and you gain a direct understanding of the real problems and potential solutions, which makes you a more informed giver.
The past is always triple-A. We can all remember what the past was. But if we try to make the future triple-A, we have no future. The future is always single-B.
The federal investment in finding cures for cancer - $3 billion annually [as of 1999] - is less than. . . zero. . . point. . . zero. . . zero. . . zero. . . four. . . percent of our gross domestic product, or about one-seventh of what Americans spend on beauty products.
The future of our country is not found in our boardrooms, but in our classrooms.
Small and mid-sized companies in this country historically have been responsible for creating the overwhelming majority of new jobs in the private sector. One of the most-common misconceptions about our private enterprise system is that large companies, such as the Fortune 500, are integral to the process of job creation in this country. The truth is quite the opposite.
We swear by the Quran and Sunnah, and we will not compromise with any infidel. . . . Islam is the truth and all else is falsehood.
You hang around with good people, you play a lot of golf, and you have a pretty good life. That's what success is all about. It's getting people you like, who want to take the hill with you, who want to win, who have the passion. This is not rocket science.
Beauty, no doubt, does not make revolutions. But a day will come when revolutions will have need of beauty.
I am a very shy, introverted guy.