The time spent in trying to impress others could be spent in doing the things by which others would be impressed.

People will sit up and take notice of you if you will sit up and take notice of what makes them sit up and take notice.

I think where I differ a little bit, we absolutely have to think about the deficit looking down the road. And certainly that's something the president has said that we need to, as the economy recovers, have a plan in place for getting it down.

You would think that with shorter days and less light, people would be more depressed. But it has the opposite effect on suicide.

Productivity is going to be a critical issue. And it's not just about getting more time for professors in the classroom. It involves reexamining the learning experience and restructuring faculty and the use of faculty time.

I think something that forces financial institutions to write down underwater mortgages, I think, would be a sensible thing to do.