I am not inspired by helping you find Chinese food at 2am in Dallas, or swipe right to get laid. I want to use tech and data to make the world a better place.

Do-gooders are easily overlooked. We're supposed to be soft, touchy-feely types, who wear Birkenstocks, compost everything, and write poetry by candlelight.

When I have a bad day, I dream about opening up a gelato stand on the streets of Sydney, Australia. Doesn't everyone have a random escape fantasy?

Entrepreneurship is the very back bone of our country and what makes us great - we are a nation of founders.

I believe in helping young people rock causes they care about because I was one of those young people... a long time ago.

We're finding [texting] 11 times more powerful than email [for communicating with kids].

Social change isn't something you should do just to help pad a resume. Follow your passion.

Simply, I believe the United States should lower the voting age to 17.

Teens look at cause-related efforts with some scrutiny. They know they are often a target market, but it has to make sense to them.

Many think kids have lots of time and few responsibilities. And that's just not true. They are stressed and under pressure.

Commit yourself to an organization or cause that genuinely fires you up.

Life is not so simple as you think without taking those risks, trying everything to make ends meet.

I think before I act---and then think again. I am not entirely a coward, but I do not lose myself in action as you do.

I only ask of the government to be treated as all other men are treated.

One of the wonderful things about being a writer is that you're constantly dredging up some arcane knowledge or long-forgotten experience, rediscovering old passions and interests.

If your soul needs healing, the prescription you need is not Chuck Norris' tears, it's Jesus' blood.

The sun and moon shine on all without partiality.

I make shoes for white suburban kids, not the poor black kids. That would be like opening a restaurant for people without stomachs.

It is true that in America I've become a national hero, but really I was a hopeless case, that was all.

We are all now connected by the Internet, like neurons in a giant brain.

I also try to weigh my motives. Am I doing what I'm doing because it's what God desires, or because I'm afraid people will be disappointed if I don't?