I feel very strongly we need to do a better job with the rainy day fund.

My goal as governor is for Colorado to have the cleanest air and the cleanest water in the country, and to be a model for the nation in using clean, renewable sources of energy.

I grew up in a family that was committed to service, to reaching out and helping others. That's what inspired me to work in public service.

I see it as very important that taxpayers have access to all financial transactions.

When you have an attorney giving you advice, it would be nice to know what their financial relationship is to the advice.

Most governments want their citizens to be part of the financial system, to be productive citizens as a result of having access to be able to manage and move money in a seamless way. But the traditional financial services infrastructure is not designed to handle that because, predominantly, it's an expensive infrastructure.

There was a time when Stefan Zweig was the most widely read author in the world. He was lionized everywhere, translated into every language. For the first four decades of the 20th century, his novellas and biographies were devoured by rich and poor, young and old, well read or less so.

You reach a point where you don't work for money.