Even the most primite societies have an innate resepect for the insane.

Maybe the two different worlds we lived in weren't so different. We saw the same sunset.

nothing can wear you out like caring about people

To deal with a 14-dimensional space, visualize a 3-D space and say 'fourteen' to yourself very loudly. Everyone does it.

I think we should think of AI as the intellectual equivalent of a backhoe. It will be much better than us at a lot of things.

They grew up on the outside of society. They weren't looking for a fight. They were looking to belong.

In science, you can say things that seem crazy, but in the long run they can turn out to be right. We can get really good evidence, and in the end the community will come around.

If you have two friends in your lifetime, you're lucky. If you have one good friend, you're more than lucky

I refuse to say anything beyond five years because I don't think we can see much beyond five years.

I lie to myself all the time. But I never believe me.

Backhoes can save us a lot of digging. But of course, you can misuse it.

God called you because He has implicit confidence in you

You don’t command wind in the direction it blows, but you command a ship in the direction it sails.

Look. The world is full of liars, and it’s time someone admitted it, shed a light on it, and lightened up about it.

Putting lifestyle first is how you find a job- not a calling.

We encounter regression to the mean almost every day of our lives. We should try to anticipate it, recognize it, and not be fooled by it.

Only a marriage with partners strong enough to risk divorce is strong enough to avoid it.

The difference between a calculated risk and rolling the dice can be expressed in one word: homework.

I think to have the skill set and the ability to physically help others in matters of life and death must be incredibly empowering.

We're changing things, in many cases in irreparable ways, and that will certainly be recorded in the geological record.

It's hard to balance everything. It's always challenging.