"In 1973, America imported 30 percent of its crude oil needs. Today, that number has doubled to more than 60 percent. Gas prices are as high as they are now in part because we've had no comprehensive national energy policy for the past few decades"

"The best preparation for good work tomorrow is to do good work today"

"In thinking about nanotechnology today, what's most important is understanding where it leads, what nanotechnology will look like after we reach the assembler breakthrough"

"First, I want to pay tribute to Diana myself. She was an exceptional and gifted human being. In good times and bad, she never lost her capacity to smile and laugh, nor to inspire others with her warmth and kindness. I admired and respected her - for her energy and commitment to others, and especially for her devotion to her two boys"

"Today I bent the truth to be kind, and I have no regret, for I am far surer of what is kind than I am of what is true"

"I like to use the hard times in the past to motivate me today"

"Thirty percent of the Nation's energy comes off the gulf coast"

"The science of today is the technology of tomorrow"

"The politician's promises of yesterday are the taxes of today"

"What is not started today is never finished tomorrow"

"The use of solar energy has not been opened up because the oil industry does not own the sun"