Borlaug would be one figure that I think fundamentally changed India, China, all of Southeast Asia, and gave them the time to be able to build on other things.

Those of us of a certain age grew up expecting that by now we would have Rosie the Robot from 'The Jetsons' in our house. And all we've got is a Roomba.

The thing that keeps me most awake is the desire and curiosity to learn more.

There's a creativity, a power, an energy, an ability to do things unlike any other period in history. It's a little bit like sitting in the Renaissance, but multiplied a thousand-fold.

If I had a wand and could put statues in different places, one of the statues would go to a man who just died, called Norman Borlaug, who came up with the Green Revolution.

It's not completely inconceivable that someday you'll be able to download your own memories.

It's such an extraordinary time to be alive that you just don't want to miss it. I mean, it's a really neat historical period.

Since the 1940s, we've been saying there are no differences, we [humans] are all identical. We're going to know at year end if that is true.

There is so much extraordinary opportunity if you're curious, if you're interested.

The difference between people who can read and write and those who can't is just absolutely astronomical.

Try to live without something digital - without digital code for about two hours, very hard to do if you're awake.

It is the crimson tongue that paints the world others think they see.

They can die as soon as they want.

People can be in general pretty well trusted, of course--with the clock of their freedom ticking as loud as it seems to do here--to keep an eye on the fleeting hour.

Real worship involves waiting.

Break not an ancient friendship; keep it hale; Stir round its roots, that it be green of heart; Let not the spirit of its growth depart: It is a power to brave the strongest gale.

Do not let people put you down. Believe in yourself and stand for yourself and trust yourself.

You cannot change the seasons, but you can change yourself.

Unannounced changes in life's itinerary are like dancing lessons from God.

My idea of society is that while we are born equal, meaning that we have a right to equal opportunity, all have not the same capacity.

Conversation is the image of the mind. As the man is, so is his talk.