The most obvious drawback of social media is that they are aggressive distractions.

I'm convinced that the most important division in human affairs is probably not the one between left and right, liberal and conservative. It's the one between zealotry and understanding, between absolute conviction and compromise, between preachers and politicians.

Every technology, including the printing press, comes at some price.

My dad was an engineer, and he became the CEO of Chevron. His was an engineer's mind-set: Everything's kind of a problem how do you approach the problem?

Beating up on the so-called elite media has a nice populist ring to it.

Whether or not Twitter makes you stupid, it certainly makes some smart people sound stupid.

I think there's been a decline in the public's access to what's being done with their tax dollars, what's being done in their name. I hope that that will be repaired.