I think somehow men understand other men's need for respect differently than they understand it for a woman. I'm disappointed to have to say that, but I think it's undeniably true.

We need to enact fundamental tax reform. The weight and complexity of our 73,000-page tax code are crushing everyday Americans. We need to radically simplify the tax code so that we can re-start the real engine of growth in our economy. That means our tax code needs to go from 73,000 pages down to about three pages.

My mother taught me about the power of inspiration and courage, and she did it with a strength and a passion that I wish could be bottled.

While lawyers are arguing about the PATRIOT Act or the America Freedom Act, the point is, the terrorists have moved on, the technologists have moved on, and we, the United States of America, are not taking advantage of the latest and greatest in technology the terrorists are. We need to get smart about it.

I think the dot-com boom and bust represented the end of the beginning. The industry is more mature today.

Well I think money has been going into political campaigns for a very long time.

Everyone truly does have God-given gifts. Find them and use them, and don't let anyone else tell you that you are less than who you are.