One of the lessons that I hope people will take out is the extreme dependence simply on the financial sector is really dangerous.

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 greatest obstruction to our joy in God is not a lack of time.

You’ll never have the chance to work this stuff out unless you give yourself the chance.

An excuse is worse and more terrible than a lie; for an excuse is a lie guarded.

Great hearts can only be made by great troubles. The spade of trouble digs the reservoir of comfort deeper, and makes more room for consolation.

I am a big man, but I've allowed my condition to deteriorate by being overweight.

The truth is not delicate and it does not suffer from denial—the truth only dies when true stories are untold.

Wise people may say what they will, but one passion is never cured by another.

The best way to help Africans today is to help them to stand on their own feet. And the best way to do that is by helping create jobs.

Now if you know what you're worth. Then go out and get what you're worth.

Oh, you can't describe someone you're in love with!