No two countries that both had McDonald's had fought a war against each other since each got its McDonald's

Capitalism makes people unequally rich. Communism makes people equally poor.

Water is our next great environmental challenge. It is the new oil. How are we going to preserve this sport unless we are designing and maintaining golf courses that are energy net zero, carbon net zero and water net zero? Or ideally, energy positive, carbon positive and water positive, where they are taking out more than they are using.

Iraq today does have a chance to shape its own future. They may not do that, or this generation may not do that. But maybe the next one will, I don't know. They may try and fail, and stumble, get up and fall back.

Tap into people's dignity and they will do anything for you. Ignore it, and they won't lift a finger.

If you don't visit the bad neighborhoods, the bad neighborhoods are going to visit you.

Several technological and political forces have converged, and that has produced a global, Web-enabled playing field that allows for multiple forms of collaboration without regard to geography or distance - or soon, even language.