We've really got to stop looking to Washington to fix our problems. It obviously doesn't have the ability to do that. People who are successful are not successful because of the president.

I think the lie we've told people in the marketplace is that a degree gets you a job. A degree doesn't get you a job. What gets you a job is the ability to carry yourself into that room and shake a hand and look someone in the eye and have people skills. These are the things that cause people to become successful.

I've got a young man who works for me who says you don't need to discover your dreams - you need to recover them.

You've got to tell your money what to do or it will leave.

But if you're looking to be spooked by really tall trees then you've got to go to Washington State.

My wife, Sharon, and I started with nothing when we got married. I was driving a 1902 Pinto and eating off a card table.