I love films. I love music. I love poetry and stories. All of that I feel I sort of get very excited and fed by.
A sacred respect for the constitutional law is the vital principle, the sustaining energy of a free government.
You should not have taken advantage of my sensibility to steal into my affections without my consent.
If duties are too high, they lessen the consumption; the collection is eluded; and the product to the treasury is not so great as when they are confined within proper and moderate bounds. This forms a complete barrier against any material oppression of the citizens by taxes of this class, and is itself a natural limitation of the power of imposing them.
A fondness for power is implanted in most men, and it is natural to abuse it when acquired.
What is the most sacred duty and the greatest source of our security in a Republic? An inviolable respect for the Constitution and Laws.
The true principle of a republic is that the people should choose whom they please to govern them. Representation is imperfect, in proportion as the current of popular favor is checked. The great source of free government, popular election, should be perfectly pure, and the most unbounded liberty allowed.
If you're not arguing, your coalition isn't wide enough.
For me, a tour show should have a narrative; it should have an arc. It shouldn't just be, "Here's one joke, here's another joke. " That's not my style. They all have to somehow link together.
I was announcing to the public, in 2006, that I'd be leaving Microsoft in a couple of years and focusing full-time on the foundation. That was the time at which we went back to New York and Warren [Buffett] announced these gifts to a number of foundations, with a very high percentage of it going to us and basically doubling our capacity.
The really poor man is not the one who lacks money, but the one who lacks the joy of the heart.