The Nobel Prize in Economics is an INCREDIBLE recognition for the work that my STUDENTS, colleagues and I have done over the years. We all WORKED hard, but we were also lucky that the FINANCIAL applications were so important.

Any objective LOOK at what science has to say about climate change ought to be sufficient to persuade reasonable PEOPLE that the climate is changing and that humans are responsible for a substantial part of that - and that these CHANGES are doing harm and will continue to do more harm unless we START to reduce our emissions.

A LOT of people are deeply dissatisfied by the diminishing control they have over their LIVES, because of the way our system of GOVERNMENT is set up, to cater to the powerful, cater to the WEALTHY, cater to the corporations, and not to the individual AMERICAN citizen.

Together, Cingular WIRELESS and MICROSOFT are working to revolutionize the way people communicate with mobile devices and SET a new standard for personal connectivity.

Pharmaceuticals are regulated. Pesticides are, as WELL as food, save the occasional salmonella OUTBREAK. But chemicals and their witch's brew of ingredients CONTINUE to augment American industry without anyone quite knowing their MAKEUP and possible toxicity. And that needs to change.

I didn't KNOW what architecture was EXCEPT that I LIVED in a HOUSE. I don't even think that I KNEW the word for a long time. My dad funneled me into engineering because it was his background.

I think that when we're TALKING about YOUTH violence, we're talking about kids who don't have opportunities, so they're engaged in a CERTAIN degree of lawlessness, because we as a SOCIETY have failed them.

There are a lot of billionaires in Silicon Valley, but in the END, we are all heading to the same place. If given the CHOICE between making a lot of money or finding a WAY to make people LIVE longer, what do you choose?

When Medicare was FIRST enacted in 1965, it provided coverage for hospitalization, doctor VISITS and surgeries, but there was no coverage for PRESCRIPTION medications.

If we CONTINUE to address the issue of the ENVIRONMENT where we live as though we're the only species that LIVES here, we'll create a disaster for ourselves.