Each and every one of us should stop playing small and license ourselves to become one of the giants of the new century. We will need champions by the truckload.

There are about 46,000 jobs supported by the solar industry right now. That's fewer than it should be, too. And you have a whole other set of jobs in energy-efficiency in buildings and in creating the "Smart Grid," as we call it.

Playing the villain gets you higher ratings on reality TV and saying outrageous stuff on Twitter gets you more followers.

Donald Trump's a hell of a performer, he's a hell of an entertainer. If you put him on and let him say his crazy stuff, you're going to get a lot of viewers. If you take him off and have some sober discussion about what's going on in Syria, you're going to lose 80 percent of your audience.

I've never launched any initiative or campaign that people thought was a slam dunk.

We should use the transition to a better energy strategy as an opportunity to create a better economy and a better country all around.

Dirty energy is a finite resource; the more of it we use, the scarcer it becomes.