"The need to help spread democracy and the ability to do that will be much greater if we break this addiction to oil, which gives the oil princes and sultans the power in the Mideast."

"Lincoln said that the Patent Office adds the flame of interest to the light of creativity. And that is why we need to improve the effectiveness of our Patent Office."

"We clearly need to break our addiction on Saudi Arabian oil that is a security threat to the United States."

"But most importantly, we can all be donors. It does not matter how old you are, your race, where you live; all of us can give the gift of life."

"No man has received from nature the right to command his fellow human beings."

"London is the most multicultural, mixed-race place on Earth."

"When you master your attention, you master your entire perception of reality. Such is the immutable nature of understanding — an essential principle for the reflective life."

"If the technical innovations of the Impressionists led merely to a more accurate representation of nature, it was perhaps of not much value in enlarging their powers of expression."