I think one problem we've had is that people who are smart and creative and innovative as engineers went into financial engineering.

Smart people are a dime a dozen. What matters is the ability to think different... to think out of the box.

I think right now we need to look back at the founding values of our country. Rise above partisanship, be less bitter when it comes to important matters that have to be solved.

I think that notion of being a seeker, somebody who never felt totally fulfilled, but was always passionate about the search, that comes from the background, probably.

I think when money starts to corrupt journalism, it undermines the journalism, and it undermines the credibility of the product, and you end up not succeeding.

When there are multiple versions of a story, you really have three ways to go. You can pick the most sensational version. You can try to balance things in your gut to get to what you think is the honest truth. Or you can err on the side of kindness.

I think that genius comes not just from having great mental processing power. It comes from being able to, as Steve Jobs' ad said, think different.

What Einstein was able to do was - to use a cliche - think out of the box.

I think it's very important to have a sense of balance in covering the war, but you don't have to be morally neutral about terrorism.