I am bullish on the global development. I am bullish on billions of people getting out of poverty.

My own theory is that we are in the middle of a dramatic and broad technological and economic shift in which software companies are poised to take over large swathes of the economy

In the startup world, you're either a genius or an idiot. You're never just an ordinary guy trying to get through the day

In short, software is eating the world

My goal is not to fail fast. My goal is to succeed over the long run. They are not the same thing.

All's fair in love, war and ride-sharing.

Innovation accelerates and compounds. Each point in front of you is bigger than anything that ever happened.

Over the next 10 years, I expect many more industries to be disrupted by software, with new world-beating Silicon Valley companies doing the disruption in more cases than not.

Health care and education, in my view, are next up for fundamental software-based transformation.

A lot of things you want to do as part of daily life can now be done over the Internet.

People who tell computers what to do, and people who are told by computers what to do.

Read enough books.

Hence, viper thoughts, that coil around my mind, Reality's dark dream! I turn from you, and listen to the wind.

The smog curled between the streetlamps and the spokes of the wrought iron framework. It seemed through your body and into your bones.

When I get nervous, I get word vomit.

By the time I'm 50, there is probably going to be a nuclear holocaust. I should just enjoy myself.

Protecting Americans from harm goes beyond police and national defense. It's imperative that we not destroy the commons, the physical environment on which we rely.

There's a lot that I'd love to do. I haven't had a chance to really show the breadth of my talent, so I look forward to that.

The experience of surprise is a sign of one's readiness to grow.

I am actually retired - yes, I am retired. But I like to work. So I'm retired until someone calls me up to work.