“I’m very politically active, but that has nothing to do with my charity.”

I’m basically a dinosaur. I don’t use e-mail. But I do recognize the importance of science and the resulting possibilities.

Nanotechnology in medicine is going to have a major impact on the survival of the human race.

We could be the biggest pantyhose seller in America, but we don’t want to weaken the link in shoppers’ minds between Home Depot and do-it-yourself projects.

When I understood the rudiments of what nanotech was all about, I knew I wanted to participate.

As a businessman, you have to trust people. To find two people who lied the way [Vick and Petrino] lied, that’s unique and that’s not Arthur’s fault. It’s not a flaw of Arthur’s. It’s a flaw of these two guys.

People used to believe only a professional could do tiling or install track lighting. That’s utter nonsense.

We think freedom means do nothing, don’t be responsible for your actions…. I think its time for adult Americans to be responsible for themselves, to take back the responsibility of being a free nation.

You have to stand up for what’s right in life. Unless you do that… you’re nothing.

To kill nothing, that is love.

When you rest into this stillness, into nothingness, you see clearly that this YOU is already a gem, a shining crystal manifesting from moment to moment.

One does not kill oneself for love of a woman, but because love – any love – reveals us in our nakedness, our misery, our vulnerability, our nothingness.

Failure should be our teacher, not our undertaker. Failure is delay, not defeat. It is a temporary detour, not a dead end. Failure is something we can avoid only by saying nothing, doing nothing, and being nothing.

Life is inherently risky. There is only one big risk you should avoid at all costs, and that is the risk of doing nothing.

And though I owned you nothing I still gave you my everything.