I have zero interest in sports of any kind - professional, college or international.

Imagine a world in which every single person on the planet is given free access to the sum of all human knowledge. That's what we're doing.

I'm a big advocate of freedom: freedom of speech, freedom of expression, freedom of thought.

My original concept was to provide a free encyclopedia for every single person in the world.

The goal is to give people a free encyclopedia to every person in the world, in their own language. Not just in a 'free beer' kind of way, but also in the free speech kind of way.

The real struggle is not between the right and the left but between the party of the thoughtful and the party of the jerks.

Most people assume the fights are going to be the left versus the right, but it always is the reasonable versus the jerks.

We are growing from a cheerful small town where everyone waves off their front porch to the subway of New York City where everyone rushes by. How do you preserve the culture that has worked so well?

Love. It isn't very popular in technical circles to say a lot of mushy stuff about love, but frankly it's a very very important part of what holds our project together.

Everybody tells jokes, but we still need comedians.

A lot of people who work on open-source software don't mind making money elsewhere. They aren't anticommercial.

Always find purpose in your existence

It was mind boggling to know that I would experience such betrayal at such a young age while others live their whole life without knowing what betrayal is

Persistent smile brings out hollow dimples, and persistent frowns brings out hollow wrinkles.

If you're reading this... Congratulations, you're alive. If that's not something to smile about, then I don't know what is.

You believe that you live in the world, where in fact the world lives within you.

The life of spies is to know, not bee known.

Manhattan... capital of the 20th century, a city that has fascinated me for more than three decades.

Private sector development and the creation of small businesses spur investment, jobs, opportunity, and hope. It empowers the market to meet local needs, whether for food, basic goods, or services.

The need to impress others causes half the world's woes.

If you're going to follow your bliss and make a difference in the world, you'll soon learn that you can't follow the herd.