I'm an investor in a number of biotech companies, partly because of my incredible enthusiasm for the great innovations they will bring.

When a country has the skill and self-confidence to take action against its biggest problems, it makes outsiders eager to be a part of it.

I love nuclear. It does this radiation thing that's tricky. But they're good solutions. You know, it was interesting; recently, in Connecticut this natural gas plant blew up 11 guys. It just blew them up.

I’ve been waiting more than 30 years to say this: “Dad, I always told you I’d come back and get my degree.” I want to thank Harvard for this timely honor. I’ll be changing my job next year … and it will be nice to finally have a college degree on my resume.

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

When I say "an energy miracle," I mean that there will be some form of energy whose 24 hour cost really is competitive with hydrocarbons given, say, 20 years of learning curve. You invent it, then you look at how much its costs go down over the next 20 years, that it really beats hydrocarbons.

Africa is on the rise.