Thursday Thoughts

Well, I will be a president for Democrats, Republicans and independents, for the struggling, the striving, the successful, for all those who vote for me and for those who don't. For all Americans together.  

I wish I were taller and thinner but the hair you can do something about.  

My overall goal is to level the playing field for American businesses.  

You know, one of the things my husband says when people say 'Well, what did you bring to Washington,' he said, 'Well, I brought arithmetic.'  

My father was a small-businessman, and if he didn't get up and go to work, there would be no business.  

Wear none of thine own Chains; but keep free, whilst thou art free.  

(advice to his children)
Much reading is an oppression of the mind, and extinguishes the natural candle, which is the reason of so many senseless scholars in the world.  

My prison will be my grave before I budge a jot, for I owe my conscience to no mortal man.  

We will explore the mysteries of science and harness the power of technology and innovation. We will realise the opportunities of the digital world. Our youth will learn more from - and with - each other.  

The world has crafted a beautiful balance of collective action - common but differentiated responsibility and respective capabilities.  

I always say the strength of democracy lies in criticism. If there is no criticism, that means there is no democracy. And if you want to grow, you must invite criticism. And I want to grow; I want to invite criticism.  

I draw pleasure in governance, in doing new things and bringing people together. That pleasure is all I need from life.  

The first time I was pregnant, Kanye and I were dating, and I was just being introduced to the world of fashion. I wanted to work with a bunch of different stylists, and when you work with a new stylist, everyone wants to possess your look.  

The question isn't, 'What do we want to know about people?', It's, 'What do people want to tell about themselves?'  

People at Facebook are fairly used to the press being nice to us or not nice to us.  

The basis of our partnership strategy and our partnership approach: We build the social technology. They provide the music.  

The connectivity declaration is about uniting the whole industry - a lot of companies that typically compete very fiercely - to push in a coherent direction.  

In 2009, pre-Hillary, ISIS was not even on the map. Libya was stable. Egypt was peaceful. Iraq was seeing a really big, big reduction in violence. Iran was being choked by sanctions. Syria was somewhat under control.  

Speeches are much easier if you read them. I just find when I do that, it's harder to fire up the crowd.  

I'm the No. 1 developer in New York, I'm the biggest in Atlantic City, and maybe we'll keep it that way.