The chance for mistakes is about equal to the number of crew squared.

My son is now an 'entrepreneur.' That's what you're called when you don't have a job.

There's a fine line between being colorful and being an asshole, and I hope I'm still just colorful.

The next most dangerous thing [after nuclear proliferation] is probably... global warming, and then, right behind that are overpopulation -- we need to get serious about family planning-and trying to alleviate poverty, to get clean, renewable energy, probably with solar panels to the billion and a half people in the world who don't have access to electricity.

When I got my statement in January, I was worth $2.2 billion. Then I got another statement in August that said I was worth $3.2 billion. So I figure it's only nine months' earnings, who cares?

The reason that the World Trade Center got hit is because there are a lot of people living in abject poverty out there who don't have any hope for a better life.

There's nothing wrong with being fired.