Around 400 million people in the last year got a smartphone. If you think that’s a big deal, imagine the impact on that person in the developing world.

I had a rule that I had to go to bed before the sun came up. So I used to look up the sunrise times because I thought it would be bad karma to be going to bed as dawn was arriving.

Do not be afraid to fail, but also, do not be afraid to succeed.

I've come to a view that humans will continue to do what we do well, and that computers will continue to do what they do very well, and the two will coexist, but in different spaces.

A mind set in its ways is wasted. Don't do it.

The Internet is the first thing that humanity has built that humanity doesn't understand, the largest experiment in anarchy that we have ever had.

In a networked world, trust is the most important currency.

There were 5 Exabytes of information created between the dawn of civilization through 2003, but that much information is now created every 2 days.

The average American doesnt realize how much of the laws are written by lobbyists.

If you have something that you don't want anyone to know, maybe you shouldn't be doing it in the first place.

It looks like the thing that separates out the capable students from the really successful ones is not so much their knowledge...but their persistence at something.

Variety is the Spice of Life. Voices come in all shapes, tones, and sizes. Some are compelling and effective, while others are grating and agitating.

I had a vague memory of being that ridiculous at one time. Let he who hath never worn parachute pants cast the first stone.

Nothing is so common as unsuccessful men with talent. They lack only determination.

Faith is the final triumph over incongruity the final assertion of the meaningfulness of existence.

I think I have an addiction to pretty much everything. I mean, I have to be very careful with myself as far as that goes, which is why I have a support group around me consistently.

The most mistrustful are often the greatest dupes.

Biography - a system in which the contradictions of a human life are unified.

Beauty is an evil in an ivory setting.

I'll tell you what makes my blood boil?... Crematoriums.

Men of my age live in a state of continual desperation.