Lady Gaga is one of the most amazingly talented musicians to bring her gifts to humanity in a long time.

I'm more of the sneaker-wearing, computer geek type.

We are a diverse country, but we are one country. And we are at our best when we come together as Americans, not despite our differences, but in celebration of them.

I'm too busy thinking what I'm going to say next to remember what I've said, but my staff tells me I'm sometimes funny. Not always on purpose, though.

The foundation of a strong economy and job creation begins with providing every child in America with the best possible education, including students with disabilities.

Congress seems to thrive on breaking promises and passing unfunded mandates down to local government. It's really just a matter of priorities.

Agribusinesses should never dictate the quality of school meals.

But parents and schools have their priorities; making sure our kids eat right because research shows a clear connection between nutrition and student performance in school.

As long as you have money to live then it's not a terribly important thing. If you don't have enough to live, then it's very important thing.

Many rogue sites exist to make a profit and others are enormously expensive to maintain. If they don't have the resources to continue stealing intellectual property, they'll wither away.

When the money dries up, the sites die off. That's the way to go after piracy.

Often it is the most deserving people who cannot help loving those who destroy them.

What is written beneath this heavy handsome book cover will count, so sayeth this cover…

I am an unusual Irishman. I'm probably Ireland's third most famous Jewish son.

The real destroyer of inner peace is fear and distrust. Fear develops frustration, frustration develops anger, anger develops violence.

Socrates, in Plato, formulates ideas of order: the Iliad, like Shakespeare, knows that a violent disorder is a great order.

I always claim that the writer has done 90 percent of the director's work.

The whims of youth break all the rules.

Only what I'm not giving is what is lacking in any situation

I don't choose my friends based on how they treat each other, I choose them based on how they treat me.

None of our competitors have ever made two systems that run the same software.