The way - the principle way that human beings had gotten out of extreme poverty is free trade.

Scientific discoveries and innovation come from combining different existing technologies and different perspectives in a unique way.

You've got to learn to work with others. One of my main values is, you learn this system of mutual benefit. That is, if you shirk and you try to make the other guy do more, he's going to do that to you.

Both my parents were a tremendous influence on me. My father's influence came from - he decided well, probably before we were born that as he put it, 'I'm not going to have any kids who are country club bums.'

The way - the principle way that human beings had gotten out of extreme poverty is free trade.

First word [of my father] when I arrived [as a CEO] is, 'Son, i hope your first deal is a loser, otherwise, you'll think you're a lot smarter than you are.' But he had tremendous values, tremendous integrity, humility, work ethic and terrific thirst for knowledge.

If you have methods without principles, you're going to have trouble. But if you develop methods based on principles, then you can make progress.