99.9% of plumbers make less than a quarter million dollars a year, and I'm going to give Joe a break whether he wants it or not.

You have to exercise, or at some point you'll just break down.

Lobbyist influence comes from access, not money.

And with iPods and iPads, and Xboxes and PlayStations - none of which I know how to work - information becomes a distraction, a diversion, a form of entertainment, rather than a tool of empowerment, rather than the means of emancipation.

For the sake of our security, our economy and our planet, we must have the courage and commitment to change.

Scientists and engineers ought to stand side by side with athletes and entertainers as role models.

I'd say, probably, intellectually I've drawn as much from Judaism as any other faith.