More than ambition, more than ability, it is rules that limit contribution; rules are the lowest common denominator of human behavior. They are a substitute for rational thought.

When doing a job — any job — one must feel that he owns it, and act as though he will remain in that job forever.

All new ideas begin in a non-conforming mind that questions some tenet of the conventional wisdom.

I suggest that this is a good time to think soberly about our responsibilities to our descendents - those who will ring out the Fossil Fuel Age. Our greatest responsibility, as parents and as citizens, is to give America's youngsters the best possible education. We need the best teachers and enough of them to prepare our young people for a future immeasurably more complex than the present, and calling for ever larger numbers of competent and highly trained men and women.

It troubles me that we are so easily pressured by purveyors of technology into permitting so-called "progress" to alter our lives without attempting to control it-as if technology were an irrepressible force of nature to which we must meekly submit.

I have the charisma of the chipmunk. I never have thought I was smart. I thought the people I dealt with were dumb.

Thoughts arising from practical experience may be a bridle or a spur.