Berlin definitely has one of the most vibrant of the startup scenes that I have seen. Not really just across Europe, but across the whole world in terms of cities. It's an interesting dynamic.

The biggest risk is not taking any risk.

Don't discount yourself, no matter what you're doing. Everyone has a unique perspective that they can bring to the world.

I think a simple rule of business is, if you do the things that are easier first, then you can actually make a lot of progress.

Move fast, take risks, it's okay to try big things you're better off trying something and having it not work and learning from that than having not done anything at all.

The biggest risk is not taking any risk... In a world that changing really quickly, the only strategy that is guaranteed to fail is not taking risks.

People have really gotten comfortable not only sharing more information and different kinds, but more openly and with more people - and that social norm is just something that has evolved over time.

When you want to change things, you can't please everyone. If you do please everyone, you aren't making enough progress.

My number one piece of advice is: you should learn how to program.

If things aren’t breaking, then you’re not moving fast enough. People learn by making mistakes.

People think innovation is just having a good idea but a lot of it is just moving quickly and trying a lot of things.

The surest way to suppress our ability to understand the meaning of God and the importance of worship is to take things for granted...Indifference to the sublime wonder of living is the root of sin.

Work is prayer. Work is also stink. Therefore stink is prayer.

With God in the Joy of Beauty and Youth

I thought I would lose, so I didn't prepare a speech.

It has been said that a rolling stone gathers no moss. I would add that sometimes a rolling stone also gathers no verifiable facts or even the tiniest morsels of journalistic integrity.

The treasury could fill old bottles with banknotes and bury them..and leave it to private enterprises on well-tried principles of laissez-faire to dig the notes up again.

I would love to be a dad. For the longest time, Ive wanted kids, but you have to have the right setup, right?

Sin doesn't always look sinful to us; sometimes it looks beautiful. That's why we need grace to see sin for what it really is - dark, dangerous, enslaving and destructive.

Much of directing [a movie] is not directing but just listening and being present in the moment and just keeping your eyes open.

I've learned never to be surprised if what must inevitably happen happens right now.