Here at work we're all just trying to get a job done. My people have the confidence of their convictions and they know their skills. And that occupies most of my time.

You can go overboard in how quickly you might expect new technologies to transform people's lives. But I very much believe the way software is used, the way information gets distributed, will be dramatically different within 10 years. There is fire to go with all this smoke.

It is hard to overstate how valuable it is to have all the incredible tools that are used for human disease to study plants.

The only definition by which Americas best days are behind it is on a purely relative basis.

I went to a public school through sixth grade, and being good at tests wasn't cool.

Patience is a key element of success.

I have seen firsthand that agricultural science has enormous potential to increase the yields of small farmers and lift them out of hunger and poverty.