Without failure there is no sweetness in success. There's no understanding of it.

When did it become a problem to be a small businessman and become successful? The small businessman - like my father, or like me?

We're giving our freedoms away. The American experiment was about freedom. Freedom to be stupid, freedom to fail, freedom to succeed.

Remember, beneath every cynic there lies a romantic, and probably an injured one.

I am going to take something I learned over in Israel. Their Independence Day is preceded the 24 hours before with Memorial Day, so it gives them a chance to serve and reflect and then celebrate. I am going to try to start that tradition here in America.

Please stop teaching my children that everyone gets a trophy just for participating. What is this, the Nobel Prize? Not everybody gets a trophy.

I'm the whitest guy you will ever meet. The first time I saw an African-American, my dad had to tell me to stop staring.