“If anyone has seen success and failure on a global stage, it's my friend Steve Forbes.”

“Mining asteroids will ultimately benefit humanity on and off the Earth in a multitude of ways.”

“Revealing water in significant quantities on the Moon could truly be a turning point in space exploration.”

“I don't think the space station is innovative. Going to the moon was innovative because we had no idea how to do it.”

“With faster Internet and better computers, you'd better believe we're creating and consuming more digital data.”

“The U.S. government doesn't build your computers, nor do you fly aboard a U.S. government owned and operated airline. Private industry routinely takes technologies pioneered by the government and t...”

“I don't like work--no man does--but I like what is in the work--the chance to find yourself. Your own reality--for yourself not for others--what no other man can ever know. They can only see the me...”

“Pleasure in the job puts perfection in the work.”

“Earning happiness means doing good and working, not speculating and being lazy. Laziness may look inviting, but only work gives you true satisfaction.”

“God and government can work together”

“When it comes down to it, government is simply an abandonment of responsibility on the assumption that there are people, other than ourselves, who really know how to manage things. But the governme...”

“In our country let us reject violence and selfishness which could destroy Nigeria unity.”

“Highly organized research is guaranteed to produce nothing new.”

“Cutting off fundamental, curiosity-driven science is like eating the seed corn. We may have a little more to eat next winter but what will we plant so we and our children will have enough to get th...”

“Research is the process of going up alleys to see if they are blind.”