I consider high-speed data transmission an invention that became a major innovation. It changed the way we all communicate

My biggest worry is I'm running out of time and energy. Thirty years ago I thought 10 years was a really long time.

A patent, or invention, is any assemblage of technologies or ideas that you can put together that nobody put together that way before. That's how the patent office defines it. That's an invention

An innovation is one of those things that society looks at and says, if we make this part of the way we live and work, it will change the way we live and work.

Most of the time you will fail, but you will also occasionally succeed. Those occasional successes make all the hard work and sacrifice worthwhile.

Life is so short. Why waste a single day of it doing something that doesn't matter, that doesn't try to do something big?

I do not want to waste any time. And if you are not working on important things, you are wasting time.

It’s not what you do – it’s what you are becoming.

The city needs a car like a fish needs a bicycle.

I don't work on a project unless I believe that it will dramatically improve life for a bunch of people.

Inspiration comes from the heart. The letter ‘I’ is the heart of F”I”RST… (F Inspiration R S T).

There is nothing more reassuring than knowing that the world is crazier than you are.

Enjoy most: the prospect of having an impact on the public debate. Irritating liberals is a close second.

The 880-yard heel and toe walk is the closest a man can come to experiencing the panges of childbirth.

Daughters hate their mothers; I think it's the law of nature. But you know what? Then they come back.

The desert is so vast that no one can know it all. Men go out into the desert, and they are like ships at sea; no one knows when they will return.

The Providence of God is like Hebrew words-it can be read only backwards.

A picture is made. You put a frame around it and move on. And one day you die. That is all there is to it.

Mozart never composed anything, ever! He copied what was written on his soul.

Thank you, God, for bringing me success in my life.

You see, the outcome of the battle is unimportant. What matters is the chaos, and the slaughter.