We are the only country in the world that has taken people from so many different backgrounds, which is a read more

We are the only country in the world that has taken people from so many different backgrounds, which is a great achievement by itself, but an even greater achievement is that we have turned all of that variety and diversity into unity.

If you want to shop around for the best gas prices in town, you're still going to get that rebate.

If you want to shop around for the best gas prices in town, you're still going to get that rebate.

The people who are under the illusion that they're going to take all the best from both programs are living read more

The people who are under the illusion that they're going to take all the best from both programs are living a fantasy. You can't give everybody the best of both worlds in a low-cost environment.

It has proven to be a very effective [model]. It is a single point for education, enablement, what I call read more

It has proven to be a very effective [model]. It is a single point for education, enablement, what I call kicking the tires. We see our partners and partner centers as a natural hub [for] our innovation agenda to get out to the market. It has become a critical part of our strategy.

There's only one team a year that goes out the way they want to go out. We didn't go out read more

There's only one team a year that goes out the way they want to go out. We didn't go out the way we wanted to go out this year, but the seniors were great. They were great leaders. I'm going to miss all that. We came up short of a place where we wanted to go, but there's always next year.

It showed the national spotlight that Detroit has the wherewithal to pull off a major national event. It also changes read more

It showed the national spotlight that Detroit has the wherewithal to pull off a major national event. It also changes the conversation about Detroit.

This was genuine fear - fear born of experience of a man that was mean and ugly, not crazy, but read more

This was genuine fear - fear born of experience of a man that was mean and ugly, not crazy, but mean and ugly.

Parking, traffic, those are issues tied to urban life. It's not necessarily a bad thing, ... I don't know how read more

Parking, traffic, those are issues tied to urban life. It's not necessarily a bad thing, ... I don't know how a merchant can think there's too much traffic.

The people who use (the vouchers) really like them, and some of them start calling us around now wondering when read more

The people who use (the vouchers) really like them, and some of them start calling us around now wondering when they're going to start giving them out. They love taking their kids and getting fresh fruits and vegetables.