In school, we learn that mistakes translate into bad grades. This unfortunate lesson gets burned into our brains, and we go through life shunning challenges that might end in failure.

To be successful, you have to have quantity of quality.

I like hanging around people who knit. They are usually in a good mood. People who are staring into their iPhones *and* demanding your attention at the same time are not as much fun to be around.

Everyone's crazy except you and me.

I looked around the iTunes store and came across Dr. Moku's Hiragana Mnemonics. Thirty minutes later I had memorized all 46 hiragana. Now my 9-year-old is learning them, and having a lot of fun.

The fact of the matter is, that mistakes are really important way to learn...

When I was a kid, one of my favorite books was George Gamow's 'One Two Three ... Infinity: Facts and Speculations of Science.'

...and remember my sentimental friend that a heart is not judged by how much you love, but by how much you are loved by others.

You can tell if a person is organized by checking his desktop.

Nothing is so fatal to religion as indifference.

I've learned... That simple walks with my father around the block on summer nights when I was a child did wonders for me as an adult.

When a government lasts a long while, it deteriorates by insensible degrees. Republics end through luxury, monarchies through poverty.

There are plenty of fish in the sea, if I run out of women.

My greatest blessing has been the birth of my son. My next greatest blessing has been my ability to turn people into children of mine.

Triangular sandwiches taste better than square ones.

Preservation of human life generally outweighs some stupid code about returning objects on time.

You don't have a really good idea until you combine two little ideas.