"I respect the president. He and I have a difference of opinion on how to help the country we both love. But the question each of us wants the voters to answer is who will be the better president, not who is the better American."

"Normal people don't just wake up in the morning and say I think it'd be a good idea to run for president of the United States."

"In our own state, we came up with, I think, what was a very novel approach to closing the gap on the uninsured. To harmonize medical records - which was a major step in getting costs out of the system."

"We're fighting an enemy that is far different than any we have got before. It's a nontraditional kind of war, and I think we need to step back, recalibrate how we go about protecting our borders and protecting our people, and resetting our position in the world."

"In my column series 'The Main Thing,' I often talk about how Internet technology can improve the way people communicate - both within a business and between a business and its customers and partners."

"I wasn't the one managing my career back then, that was the problem - I was 14 years old."

"I get started at 5:30 in the morning and write till 10 A.M. Then I hike six or seven miles before going back to work."

"I wasn't really a work conscious type of person."