You don't take it personally. You understand that if people are angry that somehow the government is failing, then they are going to look to the guy who represents government.

A relentless focus on the outward markers of success can lead to complacency. It can make you lazy.

Steve was among the greatest of American innovators - brave enough to think differently, bold enough to believe he could change the world, and talented enough to do it...The world has lost a visionary. And there may be no greater tribute to Steve's success than the fact that much of the world learned of his passing on a device he invented.

I take the Constitution very seriously. The biggest problems that we're facing right now have to do with [the president] trying to bring more and more power into the executive branch and not go through Congress at all. And that's what I intend to reverse when I'm President of the United States of America.

To try to blackmail a president into giving them some concessions on issues that have nothing to do with the budget.

There was a time when if you had a financial crisis in Southeast Asia somewhere, it had no impact on our markets. Today it does.

Each path to knowledge involves different rules and these rules are not interchangeable.