Without competition, the spectacular development of technology that we have seen in the last one hundred years in this country would not have happened.

I find it interesting that many of the people who want to restrict fossil fuels live in well-developed countries where abundant and affordable energy is readily available.

There is hardly an activity that a person can think about that does not intrinsically involve energy, most of which is currently provided by fossil fuels.

Ethical conduct is something that becomes inherent in an organization over a long period of time.

It is important to remember that all business has an impact on the lives of real people.

The market system requires that people be committed and willing to work hard. Inherent with that is what I call a merit system, which I think gives people the greatest opportunity.

The freedoms that people have that flow from all civic institutions fundamentally come from the success of a market system.

We should seek a system that provides outlets for those skills and talents so that everyone can find a way to work and serve in a manner that best suits the strengths of each individual.

It makes no sense to talk of the social obligations of the corporation without reference to its economic obligations. The two are intertwined.

In some of the countries where we operate, there is a tradition of corruption, in which the political elites work with business in the framework of unsavory relationships.

I have a great deal of difficulty with those who live in a hugely prosperous country telling people in the developing world that they should be deprived of a critical source of energy.

An artist is a man who digests his own subjective impressions and knows how to find a general objective meaning in them, and how to express them in a convincing form.

Knowing another is endless...The thing to be known grows with the knowing.

I Believe in Miracles and the Power of the Individual to make a positive difference in the world.

I was drowning that times, but when I saw those eyes of yours, my body learned how to swim.

To accomplish our destiny ... we must cover before nightfall the distance assigned to each of us.

I killed her once and died for her many times and I still have nothing to show for it. I always search for her ; I always remember her. I carry the hope that someday she will remember me.

Donald Trump have proposed an approach that has a $4 billion tax benefit for your family.

Many people don't focus enough on execution. If you make a commitment to get something done, you need to follow through on that commitment.

I remember once, actually the first race I ran, I fell.

You know what Abnegation used to say about pride?' 'Something unfavorable,I assume.' I laugh.' Obviously. They said it blinds people to the truth of what they are.