I'm personally a moderate and a registered independent, so I'm not strongly Democratic or strongly Republican.

Failure is an option here. If things are not failing, you are not innovating enough.

When something is important enough, you do it even if the odds are not in your favor.

People should pursue what they're passionate about. That will make them happier than pretty much anything else.

I think it is possible for ordinary people to choose to be extraordinary.

I'm extremely confident that solar will be at least a plurality of power, and most likely a majority... in less than 20 years.

Constantly seek criticism. A well thought out critique of what you're doing is as valuable as gold

Optimism, pessimism, f**k that; we're going to make it happen. As God is my bloody witness, I'm hell-bent on making it work.

I think that's the single best piece of advice: constantly think about how you could be doing things better and questioning yourself.

Mars is the only place in the solar system where it's possible for life to become multi-planetarian.

My mentality is that of a samurai. I would rather commit seppuku than fail.

If you want your children to improve let them overhear the nice things you say about them to others.

Follow your passion. Be yourself, but check yourself before you wreck yourself.

The task of the Church after Jesus' resurrection and ascension was to proclaim the forgiveness of sins to all nations.

Everything that we do involves energy, personal power. The more energy we have, the more we can accomplish.

If you ask 99.9 percent of parents who have children with autism if we'd rather have the measles versus autism, we'd sign up for the measles.

I have a genuine belief in giving back to the community.

It's a kind of zen question: if you write a book and no one reads it, is it really a book?

I won't accept anything less than the best a player's capable of doing... and he has the right to expect the best that I can do for him and the team!

Modernized by tin roofs and T-shirts, Third World poverty is no longer picturesque.

Everybody needs some time to rejuvenate, refresh, recharge and begin again. Seeing babies face is the best way to relax, refresh, rejuvenate and recharge.