A generation ago [the Democratic Party] stood for progressive change. Now they defend every federal program as if each were sacred. They have become the most conservative force in American politics.

I was in Bangalore, India, the Silicon Valley of India, when I realized that the world was flat.

Basically all the world's computer parts come from the same supply chain that runs from Korea, down through coastal China, over to Taiwan, and down to Malaysia.

What every employer is looking for is not someone who can do the job, but someone who can reinvent the job.

No, most of our political elite has not realized that the world is flat.

I have a daughter who is a sophomore in college and another who is in the 11th grade of high school.

I said that more people in more places can now compete, connect and collaborate with equal power and equal tools than ever before.

In the future, how we educate our children may prove to be more important than how much we educate them.

The Dell Theory of Conflict Prevention argues that no two countries that are both part of the same global supply chain will ever fight a war as long as they are each part of that supply chain.

Your boss doesn't care what you know, because the Google machine knows everything. Your boss cares about what you can do with what you know. That's the only thing your boss will pay for.

I've always believed the world would be a better place if more people everywhere have a chance to shape their own future and realize their full potential. I think that is what life is about.

When I rest my feet my mind also ceases to function.

We are only fully human when we act as if the life beyond us matters.

The power of a smile is such that even drawing a happy face on a piece of paper makes your lips turn up.

No man should live longer than his teeth.

Being divorced is like being hit by a Mack truck. If you live through it, you start looking very carefully to the right and to the left.

I live a great life. I can't complain. I'm healthy, my family's good and there's nothing I can really complain about.

I think Tiger Woods is a determined young man who really wants to play.

There is no point in being precise if you do not even know what you are talking about.

The only thing was, she didn't really want to see the future. What she wanted was to see something no one else could see or would see, and maybe that was asking for more magic that was in the world.

I think I've been a great citizen.