It's important to begin to even consider whether countries can become something that looks very different because people tend to take their countries for granted.

Those of us of a certain age grew up expecting that by now we would have Rosie the Robot from 'The Jetsons' in our house. And all we've got is a Roomba.

The thing that keeps me most awake is the desire and curiosity to learn more.

There's a creativity, a power, an energy, an ability to do things unlike any other period in history. It's a little bit like sitting in the Renaissance, but multiplied a thousand-fold.

If I had a wand and could put statues in different places, one of the statues would go to a man who just died, called Norman Borlaug, who came up with the Green Revolution.

It's not completely inconceivable that someday you'll be able to download your own memories.

It's such an extraordinary time to be alive that you just don't want to miss it. I mean, it's a really neat historical period.

Since the 1940s, we've been saying there are no differences, we [humans] are all identical. We're going to know at year end if that is true.

There is so much extraordinary opportunity if you're curious, if you're interested.

The difference between people who can read and write and those who can't is just absolutely astronomical.

Try to live without something digital - without digital code for about two hours, very hard to do if you're awake.

The best one can hope for is a government favorable to certain claims and demands from the Left.

Both glory and dominion last forever but glory is for God and dominion is for mankind.

To write brashly about some things, it is almost necessary not to know much about them.

It is hopeless to try to convert some borders into seams.

The greatest pollution problem we face today is negativity. Eliminate the negative attitude and believe you can do anything. Replace 'if I can, I hope, maybe' with 'I can, I will, I must.

My husband and I are loyal to our community and very approachable, even though we're kind of mainstream.

I don't know about that. I'm not a very analytical person. I have various impulses. I've often quoted Walt Whitman's phrase "I contain multitudes." I understand that.

I had too many big passions in life and it gets in the way of work. You can't concentrate properly on the one thing.

The worst vice of the fanatic is his sincerity.

As the world leads we follow.