The jewelry business is a very very tough business - tougher than the computer business. You truly have to understand how to take care of your customers.

You know every family and every business in California knows what it means to go through tough times.

Really I have to laugh because there was a whole set of stories that made me sound like the Dragon Lady you know 'tough this and tough that.' Then there is this business about 'gooey.' The bottom line is I am a pragmatic idealist.

The comic book world is a tough business.

I have made the tough decisions always with an eye toward the bottom line. Perhaps it's time America was run like a business.

It's easy to make a buck. It's a lot tougher to make a difference.

I'm aware if I'm playing at my best I'm tough to beat. And I enjoy that.

In fact the best thing we could do on taxes for all Americans is to simplify the individual tax code. This will be a tough job but members of both parties have expressed an interest in doing this and I am prepared to join them.

I am obsessed with beauty. I want everything to be perfect and of course it isn't. And that's a tough place to be because you're never satisfied.

People in tough times - it doesn't mean they don't have a great attitude.