True patriotism isn't cheap. It's about taking on a fair share of the burden of keeping America going.

Look, any cut in greenhouse gases is going to be expensive for American consumers, who are in no mood to bear additional costs.

I mean, you hear the word 'globalization' over and over and over again. Globalization, globalization, globalization. Rarely has a word gone so directly from obscurity to meaninglessness without any intervening period of coherence.

Your most precious possession is not your financial assets. Your most precious possession is the people you have working there, and what they carry around in their heads, and their ability to work together.

The managers of the big brands have a very clear responsibility. It's attracting and keeping talented people in order to sustain and build the trustworthiness of that brand. There is no clearer objective in the economy. Your economic success depends on expanding and building your economies of trustworthiness.

Cynicism is the last refuge of those who don't want to do the work of creating a better society.

The path to success used to be up and through an organization. Now the path to success is increasingly through self-promotion.