It's a fixer-upper of a planet but we could make it work.

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.

Money makes a poor for few days rich. Education makes people rich without asking for money.

She feared God may not deliver her out of this mess, especially if He had a greater plan.

What we're all looking for is someone who doesn't live there, just pays for it.

We can't expect to solve problems if all we do is tear each other down. You can disagree with a certain policy without demonizing the person who espouses it.

The majority of my symphonies are tombstones.

The aims of anarchists and true communists are identical.

One moment of magic, or one big moment to capture the match.

The National Academy of Sciences would be unable to give a unanimous decision if asked whether the sun would rise tomorrow.

It's often hope, hopeful movie making. You're always looking for catchphrases. That's always funny, when you're looking for that future line. "Uh oh, future line. Okay."

Reading a novel of a private experience, very, very different, the nature of it is very different.