Today, we take the risk of nuclear war quite seriously, climate change not so much and epidemics least of all. But no single country, not even the United States, is well prepared. And even if one country is doing the right things to protect itself, it has to be a global thing.

I can understand wanting to have millions of dollars; there's a certain freedom, meaningful freedom, that comes with that.

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

Playing Bridge is a pretty old fashioned thing in a way that I really like... I do the dishes every night - other people volunteer but I like the way I do it.

I believe in innovation and that the way you get innovation is you fund research and you learn the basic facts.

Business isn't that complicated. I wouldn't want to put it on my business card.

The first five years have so much to do with how the next 80 turn out.