I think that every technology company that's more than 20 years old will break up

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.

Instead of bracing yourself for the perils of the unknown, embrace the joy that is here, in your present moment.

Odd that a festival to celebrate the most austere of births should end up being all about conspicuous consumption.

My biggest dream from the beginning - besides Evanescence - is scoring film and writing music for film.

I make two movies a year to take care of the butcher and the baker and the school fees. Then I try to write, but it's not that easy. Acting is what's easy.

Doubt everything or believe everything: these are two equally convenient strategies. With either we dispense with the need for reflection.

Variety of mere nothings gives more pleasure than uniformity of something.

Evil Rulers Are Never Beyond The Bounds of God's Sovereign Will

I took the easy way, and to an extent I regret that. Still, though, the way we did it was honest. We played it and sang it the way we felt it, and there's a lot to be said for that.

Growing up, I didn't dream of being nothing, of living in the ghetto my whole life. I wanted to get out.

Never give up on your child. But also, you have to love your child.