I've done reasonably well over the last 10 years because I took the strategy of language and politics and applied it to the corporate world, which has never been done before.

How I say it has as much of an impact on what people think of me as what I say.

My job as a pollster is to understand what really matters.

Preserving parks and open spaces is a winner because it doesn't need to be explained to everyday Americans.

If the power was equitable, then our boards, then our commissions, our contracting, our wealth-building opportunities would all look very different.

Life is going to happen to you no matter what weight you are, no matter how famous you are, no matter how much money you have in the bank. No one gets a free pass.

One suggestion my wife and I have used in our personal finance courses we teach at college is simply writing down all expenditures and seeing where the money goes. That alone will cause heads of households to think twice about x, y or z expenditure, and to consider carefully whether they really need something or not.

I have always followed exactly what interests me and never really worried about the money. And when you think about it, to be able to travel the world... on an expense account and do exactly what interests you, it just doesn't get much better than that.