“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.”

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.

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.

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