If somebody is doing more and more to make other people's lives better, have them make all they can, if that's what drives them, because that's what we want.

My father would always say "learn everything you can and whenever you can, because you never know when it'll come in handy."

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

A truly free society is based on a vision of respect for people and what they value.

If there is wrong, you don't say we have to get rid of it gradually. If injustice exists, you need to eliminate it immediately.

My father announced early on that he didn't want his sons to be "country club bums." And for a number of reasons, I bore the brunt of that - I have an older brother and two younger brothers. So he had me work in all my spare time. I started out picking dandelions, shoveling stalls, milking cows, building a fence - whatever dirty job was out there. That's a big deal, because you learn things working that you don't learn in school.

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