The brain can process two million bits of information per second. It remembers everything you've ever seen, everything you've ever heard.

I like the idea of a proportional tax. That way you pay according to your ability.

What we have to stop and think about is that we have weakened ourselves militarily to such an extent that if affects all of our military policies.

I'm not even sure I like surgery, but I like what it does, I like the effects. I like to be able to give people longevity and quality of life, and I also think it's good for people to use the special gifts and talents that they have. And when I was in medical school, when I began to analyze the gifts and talents that I had, I realized that surgery would probably be a very good fit for me.

I hope we, the American people, can come to the understanding that we are not each other's enemies. The enemies are those who are stoking the flames of division, trying to divide us into every category.

And I've always said, 'If two people think the same thing about everything, one of them isn't necessary.' We need to be able to understand that if we're going to make real progress.

By reading so much, my vocabulary automatically improved along with my comprehension.