We've gone from thinking the fuels that powered our growth were inexpensive, inexhaustible and benign to understanding they are exhaustible, expensive and toxic. Once you frame the problem that way, people will look at solutions differently.

McDonald's cannot flourish without McDonnell Douglas, the builder of the F-15.

There is no substitute for face-to-face reporting and research.

I have a daughter who is a sophomore in college and another who is in the 11th grade of high school.

The unemployment rate today for people with our-year college degrees is 4.1%, which is almost none. That's people switching jobs basically. That tells you that education is the only way up and the only way out. If that is the fact, then we've got to get more of it for more people.

Your boss doesn't care what you know, because the Google machine knows everything. Your boss cares about what you can do with what you know. That's the only thing your boss will pay for.

I attended public school with the same group of kids from K through 12.