If I reformed school, I would do two things: We can improve a child's IQ by three percent by teaching them a foreign language by seven-years-old. We shouldn't be waiting until high school when they are neurologically not ready to learn it. Second, we emphasize reading too young.

The people in the front lines are my customers. I need to keep them happy. And, the best way to take care of your customers is to take care of your workers.

I would get rid of the Department of Education. I would get rid of the state departments of education and let the local people control the schools.

My motto has always been that anybody can do it better than me.

Whenever I felt down, whenever I started wondering what homeless shelter I would die in, [my mother] would buck me up by telling me: you know, Paul, the A students work for the B students, the C students run the companies, and the D students dedicate the buildings.

You can either complain or look for opportunity in every problem. I prefer opportunity.

There's no point in bragging in the good times. Your friends don't need to hear it and your enemies won't believe it anyway.