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.

The quality of research in the U.S. is absolutely the best.

Know your numbers' is a fundamental precept of business.

If the 1980s were about quality and the 1990s were about reengineering, then the 2000s will be about velocity.

Bioterrorism is like earthquakes, you should think in order of magnitudes. If you can kill 10 people that's a one, 100 people that's a two... Bioterrorism is the thing that can give you not just sixes, but sevens, eights and nines.

The nuclear industry has this amazing record, even equipment from generations one and two. But nuclear mishaps tend to come in these big events - Chernobyl, Three Mile Island, and now Fukushima - so it's more visible.

Success today requires the agility and drive to constantly rethink, reinvigorate, react, and reinvent.