A flower is a plant's way of making love.
My business is not reading your messages. I don't have a business doing that. And it's against my values to do that. I don't want to read your private stuff.
We are the most focused company that I know of or have read of or have any knowledge of. We say no to good ideas every day. We say no to great ideas in order to keep the amount of things we focus on very small in number, so that we can put enormous energy behind the ones we do choose. . . . . It's not just saying yes to the right products, it's saying no to many products that are good ideas, but just not nearly as good as other ones.
So let me be clear: I'm proud to be gay, and I consider being gay among the greatest gifts God has given me.
You can focus on things that are barriers or you can focus on scaling the wall or redefining the problem.
Creativity is people who care enough to keep thinking about something until they find the simplest way to do it.
We believe in saying no to thousands of projects so that we can really focus on the few that are truly important and meaningful to us.
I want to say to all the young women out there, as I say to all young people: believe in yourselves, follow your passion and never give up, because you will create a future filled with possibility.
I have a very, very great balance sheet, so great that when I did the Old Post Office on Pennsylvania Avenue, the United States government, because of my balance sheet, which they actually know very well, chose me to do the Old Post Office, between the White House and Congress, chose me to do the Old Post Office.
Why should the eyes be denied what delights them most?
We're gonna put $456 million to go to an island of 50 people? You know. . . The bridge to nowhere. And this is right after Katrina happened. And so I offer an amendment to take that money from Alaska and repair the stuff in Louisiana.