I don't believe in a price on carbon, because the government is going to control it and they're going to fail.

Given the current state of our finances, we could sure use a quarter of a trillion dollars a year recycling through the U.S. economy rather than through the economies of Iran, Russia, and Venezuela.

If you can provide the funding and you get the leadership, you'll have a competitive team.

I don't go cheap on anything, but I'm not a shopper. If I want something, I look at it, decide what it is, but it will usually be the best product. I've got a pair of loafers that I still wear that I got in 1957.

I don't believe in a price on carbon, because the government is going to control it and they're going to fail.

There's no question that tar sands in Canada are probably the largest source of oil available to the U.S. over a long period of time. There's as much oil in the tar sands probably as there is in Saudi Arabia. The problem is, there's a huge capital requirement to develop that.

When you look at a commodities market you need hedgers and speculators. If you don't have one, you don't have a market. That's how it works.