When you start attacking cronyism and peoples political interests, it gets nasty.

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

We create these boom-bust cycles by manipulating the money supply and the interest rates and directing it where it went in. And that is what happened with housing: pushed into housing combination of easy money plus all the regulations, and we created this boom-bust cycle, and corruption, because corruption goes with it, because you don't have the same discipline. So we've got to stop all that.

Just Donald Trump's tenor and insulting of people is just beyond the pale.

When currying favor with Washington is seen as a much easier way to make money, businesses inevitably begin to compete with rivals in securing government largess, rather than in winning customers.

I agree with George Washington's concern about parties: They become an end in themselves, rather than being committed to helping people improve their lives.

You'll remember Newton was furious at Leibniz, because he developed calculus at the same time. And he went to his death believing that he had copied him. And no, it's because all the elements were there, so it's almost inevitable that the next discovery - as long as people are free and allowed to experiment and try new things.