I like a quiet evening with family or friends over, great food and great discussion and a lot of laughter. That's really what I think fills my tank.

I'm a free market person, a free trader. But if we had a market in California, there would be competition.

Personal privacy is a closely held American value.

A free and open Internet should not have to be weighed down by legal challenges - its dynamism is essential to our economy.

Innovation is the calling card of the future.

I practice self-love, give love, and surround myself with people who bring out the best in me.

We're not the States of America; we're the United States of America. If states don't get what they need, we're not going to have a successful plan, period.

I live my life in faith as I explore and challenge myself and others.

When we share our personal data with business, its use should be transparent and secure.

Consumers deserve to know exactly what they're getting for their money when they sign-up for a 4G data plan.

I think it's a lovely idea, but it will not pass the Congress. I live in a world of realities. The policy of our country is that we can drill our way to independence. I think that's a march to folly.

Dance is moving sculpture.

My dear poetry, There’s a likenessbetween your eyes and the stars–the same charming brilliance, my eyes have ever laid upon.

...every piece of the laughing was a tiny bird come tumbling out to fly around the room.

I think I'm aware of what goes on in my mind more than some guys, and for that reason I fight more battles.

New technologies are wreaking havoc on employment figures - from EZpasses ousting toll collectors to Google-controlled self-driving automobiles rendering taxicab drivers obsolete.

Flattery corrupts both the receiver and the giver.

writing is the loneliest job in the world. There's always that frustrating chasm to bridge between the concept and the writing of it. We're a harassed tribe, we writers.

When I took up running, it was like meeting God himself. I have been running ever since.

In most sciences one generation tears down what another has built and what one has established another undoes. In mathematics alone each generations adds a new story to the old structure.

No government ever voluntarily reduces itself in size.