It takes time for people to get to know a cause or an organization.

You need to be surrounded by good advisers, but you also need to trust your instinct.

People are not good at expressing their frustration. The best way to listen to the customer is through metrics.

I'm the kind of person that needs to think things through. But when I know what I want to do, I really know.

I fundamentally believe that people have a genuine desire to be positively engaged in the world around them.

I look up to a lot of people, but outside of my parents, I've never really had a mentor.

Profit per se is not my motive.

I knew I wanted to do something at the nexus of what I call global development and technology.

I was on significant financial aid, an only child, with parents who didn't have much living in North Carolina.

People are doing amazing things right now on the Web.

Use your own experiences and pain points to identify an opportunity. Be arrogant thinking you can do it better than others.

Love is beautiful." - Malcolm Fade

tears, love, life Who knows how many tears have flown in the Word of God from the creation of the world?

The river flows to the sea, whatever the wind says about it

I scrutinized his face for honesty and then looked away. He was either a lunatic, a really good liar, or he was actually telling the truth.

Even the most painstaking history is a bridge across an eternal mystery.

.. Think of the rivers of blood spilled by all those generals and emperors so that in glory and in triumph they could become the 'Momentary' masters of a 'Fraction' of a 'Dot'

We start from Kuwait, and to Kuwait we end. Anyone but that, is not from Kuwait, and Kuwait is not from them.

I believe that what's much more important is not what you say, but what you do. And I am a doer.

Technology paces industry, but there's a long lag in the process.

People loose tension when they run. The feeling of self respect will almost always increase. You accept yourself a little more.