I enjoy not being a public company.

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.

Alvin smiled back, and kissed her. "People talk about fools counting chickens before they hatch. That's nothing. We name them.

Everything I did in my life that was worthwhile I caught Hell for.

To go out of your mind at least once a day is tremendously important. By going out of your mind, you come to your senses.

Aside from accidentally by my kids, like wrestling around with my kids, no one has ever punched me in the face.

You can't fool an audience with lots of bits and pieces. You have to lead them somewhere.

Of what delights are we deprived by our excesses!

The fork is your most powerful tool to change your health and the planet; food is the most powerful medicine to heal chronic illness.

Your name is Windows. Why are you a flag?

There are many photos of Eisenstein. I think he was quite vain, and he liked photos of him. Being a virgin at 33 is strange now, but let's not be too high-minded about that.

But you're so helpless sometimes. It's like watching a kitten with its head trapped in a Kleenex box.