You have to have a certain realism that government is a pretty blunt instrument and without the constant attention of highly qualified people with the right metrics, it will fall into not doing things very well.

I appoint the laziest person to do the hardest job as they'll find the easiest way to do it

Most people overestimate what they can do in one year and underestimate what they can do in ten years.

Unemployment rates among Americans who never went to college are about double that of those who have a postsecondary education.

There's life and death in every email.

The US spends more on energy R&D than all other countries put together, and I personally consider it quite inadequate.

People often overestimate what will happen in the next two years and underestimate what will happen in ten.