One of the interesting applications of symbolic systems is artificial intelligence, and I spent some time thinking about how to create a brain that operates the way ours does.

I have a theory that burnout is about resentment. And you beat it by knowing what it is you're giving up that makes you resentful.

I really believe that the virtual world mirrors the physical world.

I think Google should be like a Swiss Army knife: clean, simple, the tool you want to take everywhere.

You can't have everything you want, but you can have the things that really matter to you.

If you're the smartest person in the room, you're in the wrong room.

If you push through that feeling of being scared, that feeling of taking risk, really amazing things can happen.

Your rhythm is what matters to you so much that when you miss it you're resentful of your work...So find your rhythm, understand what makes you resentful, and protect it.

Beyond basic mathematical aptitude, the difference between good programmers and great programmers is verbal ability.

If you can find something that you're really passionate about, whether you're a man or a woman comes a lot less into play. Passion is a gender-neutralizing force.

You can be good at technology and like fashion and art. You can be good at technology and be a jock. You can be good at technology and be a mom. You can do it your way, on your terms.

Sometime in the future, I am a hundred percent certain scientists will sit down at a computer terminal, design what they want the organism to do, and build it.

And it's the wonders I'm after, even if I have to bleed for them.

Happiness real only when shared.

I've got an answer to where Osama bin Laden is and I know, he's dead and living in my suitcase with my dummies.'

I've had more than a few battles with a Republican president. ... I am not immune [to] disagreeing with people who otherwise I support.

The same spirit runs through everything I do.

Remember the great adversity of art or anything else is a hurried life.

If you'd been taken by the Capital and hijacked and then tried to kill Peeta, is this the way he would be treating you?

The real skill is to raise the sails and to catch the power of the wind as it passes by.

What kind of a man thinks it's appropriate to give his soon-to-be bride a lethal weapon for a wedding present?