You know, there are a lot of would-be governors of Texas sitting around today who never took the opportunity to get into a race when the time was right.
I want to spend 100 percent of my time focused on what I think I can make the biggest difference on as the governor of California.
Well, I don't know too many governors who are flaming ideologues.
I listen to Gov. Romney have to apologize because he has been successful.
Is Mitt Romney a bully? And the answer is, no... He does not have a vicious bone in his body.
People just automatically say 'If this guy is George and Barbara Bush's son, we don't have any question about those personal qualities that we were fooled on by Clinton.'
It is my belief that it is not the fact that he traveled as much as he did during the past few months as much as what he said and how he said it that hurt him.
This has resulted in more and more people becoming inner-directed and having as their only goal, getting as much as they can get out of the system and putting as little into it as possible.
The technology available for film-making now is incredible, but I am a big believer that it's all in the story.
If you do build a great experience, customers tell each other about that. Word of mouth is very powerful.
I started thinking about joy. Everything in our society is so purposeful. Let's bring joy back to the experience.
Generally, our approach with products at Google is to first develop the right user base and then to figure out what's the right experience for the ads.
Bill Gore from Goretex was a very strong influence because he was one of the first larger companies to experiment with freedom in the workplace.
People are responsible adults at home. Why do we suddenly transform them into adolescents with no freedom when they reach the workplace?
I grew up in a socialist country. And I have seen what that does to people. There is no hope, no freedom. No pride in achievement.
A business of high principle attracts high-caliber people more easily, thereby gaining a basic competitive and profit edge.
If we're going to have any chance of sending stuff to other star systems, we need to be laser-focused on becoming a multi-planet civilisation.
The biggest risk is not taking any risk... In a world that changing really quickly, the only strategy that is guaranteed to fail is not taking risks.
One of the things the government can't do is run anything. The only things our government runs are the post office and the railroads, and both of them are bankrupt.
Taxpayers deserve a government that harnesses technology to better serve the people.
In summary, the Romans were opposed to tyranny in any form; and the feature of government to which they gave the most thought was an elaborate system of checks and balances.
