A lot of [bureaucratic] rules were created a long time ago when there were different challenges, and they are now causing negative side effects.

We're not going to fix government until we fix citizenship.

Are we just going to be a crowd of voices, or are we going to be a crowd of hands?

Government is supposed to be about how we do things together, and we can do that much more together if we use technology smartly right now.

Our ability to do great things with data will make a real difference in every aspect of our lives.

Government is like a vast ocean and politics is the six-inch layer on top.

We say that word [bureaucracy] with such contempt. But it's that contempt that keeps this thing that we own and we pay for as something that's working against us.

Now, a lot of people have given up on government. And if youre one of those people, I would ask that you reconsider, because things are changing. Politics is not changing; government is changing.

When one neighbor helps another, we strengthen our communities.

When there are more males in the industry to begin with, it just has a more male feel, and that pushes the girls away.

If you dont tolerate any risk, you can never innovate.

By worrying about what will happen next year or the year after, you are using up today's time to do so.

As the leaf takes its time finding the ground so must I.

I don't have any doubts that I need writing. I need it personally because this is the way I think.

Abroad, our most important policy is to support our troops and continue forward-thinking foreign policy in the war on terror - keeping our enemies on the run and hitting them before they hit us.

Movies and television don't make you violent; all they do is channel the violence more creatively.

That equals to being a fool, having fame and no fortune. A lot of guys out there have fame doing this and doing that, but they are broke.

It is always better to make your own mistakes and not someone else's.

The only consistency is hostility toward Western religion.

Life is a shipwreck but we must not forget to sing in the lifeboats.