"Focusing your life solely on making a buck shows a certain poverty of ambition. It asks too little of yourself. Because it's only when you hitch your wagon to something larger than yourself that you realize your true potential."

"Here at this site, Solyndra expects to make enough solar panels each year to generate 500 megawatts of electricity. And over the lifetime of this expanded facility, that could be like replacing as many as eight coal-fired power plants."

"So if somebody wants to build a coal-powered plant, they can; it's just that it will bankrupt them because they're going to be charged a huge sum for all that greenhouse gas that's being emitted."

"I consider it part of my responsibility as President of the United States to fight against negative stereotypes of Islam wherever they appear. America and Islam are not exclusive and need not be in competition. Instead, they overlap, and share
common principles of justice and progress, tolerance and the dignity of all human beings."