Modern life would not be possible if it were not for chemicals, nor would modern natural gas production.

I do think a key to success in any walk of life is having a short memory and a thick skin - I know it has served me well over the years.

I think most people act in their self-interest.

I get mad at the New York-based environmentalists because if you were truly environmentalists you wouldn't have a storm surge system and a sanitary system hooked together here that requires you to close your beaches 10 times a year.

Modern life would not be possible if it were not for chemicals, nor would modern natural gas production.

Natural gas is the one fuel that we have that's affordable, it's scaleable, it can replace coal over time, it can replace imported oil, can create American jobs.

American business would be run better today if there was more alignment between CEOs' interest and the company. For example, would the financial crisis of 2008 have occurred if the CEO of Lehman and Morgan Stanley and Goldman and Citibank had to take a very small percentage of every mortgage-backed security... or every loan they made?