But I think Steve's main contribution besides just the pure leadership is his passion for excellence. He's a perfectionist. Good enough isn't good enough. And also his creative spirit. You know he really really wants to do something great.

This is one of the major problems we have. By the way it was endorsed by leadership on both sides of the aisle and both ends of the Capitol by the NRA and also by the gun control groups.

Leadership has a harder job to do than just choose sides. It must bring sides together.

There is a universal intelligent life force that exists within everyone and everything. It resides within each one of use as a deep wisdom an inner knowing. We can access this wonderful source of knowledge and wisdom through our intuition an inner sense that tells us what feels right and true for us at any given moment.

Humor is the ability to see three sides to one coin.

My stories are very somber so I think I need the comic ingredient. Besides life has so much humor.

The only hope of socialism resides in those who have already brought about in themselves as far as is possible in the society of today that union between manual and intellectual labor which characterizes the society we are aiming at.

I like a teacher who gives you something to take home to think about besides homework.

Music can be healing and with my history and my knowledge of both sides of what looks like a gigantic divide in the world I feel I can point a way forward to our common humanity again.

The worst mistake of first contact made throughout history by individuals on both sides of every new encounter has been the unfortunate habit of making assumptions. It often proved fatal.