I often pass a farm with cows grazing in the field and I think to myself how terrible it is that human beings grow other animals just to kill them and eat them. Most of us think of vegetarians as nuts and I'm not a vegetarian but I wouldn't be surprised if we came to a time in 50 or 100 years when civilized people everywhere refused to eat animals.

I am interested in details. If you go into anything far enough, you get into the details of it, and people turn out to be interested in what makes things work.

When you get older you have to be careful about always saying, "Things aren't as good as they used to be." But it's hard not to.

I've learned .... That when you harbor bitterness, happiness will dock elsewhere.

Most college students are not as smart as most college presidents.

One of my major shortcomings - I'm vindictive. I don't know why that is. Even in petty things in my life I tend to strike back. It's a lot more pleasurable a sensation than feeling threatened.

I'm already suspicious of anyone who thinks he or she is smart enough to be president. You'd have to have some ego to believe that about yourself.