Our idea with starting Stripe was to build better payments technology for people building things on the web.

Help each user personally. Sure that won't scale to a very large size, but when a startup is just starting out, it really helps you have an advantage as a small and nimble company.

Stripe really did come about because we were really appalled by how hard it was to charge for things online.

I think a lot of people learn to code messing around with things while in secondary school. And for me, it started up as a hobby and a plaything, and I just became more curious over time.

My brother and I were born in an Irish county called Tipperary. We were both very math- and science-inclined in high school. My dad trained as an electrical engineer, and my mom is in microbiology.

With Stripe, people who previously operated online or offline in a very limited capacity now have all the tools to work like a real online business. That's a very valuable thing.

I wish to keep writing.

The fenced-in dog barks at the one running free.

People of small caliber are always carping. They are bent on showing their own superiority, their knowledge or prowess or good breeding.

Individuals with kidney disease who are able to obtain treatment early experience a higher quality of life and are able to maintain more of their day-to-day activities, including keeping their jobs.

There's a perception that if an artist produces another artist, they're going to imprint on them. But I'm the opposite.

To see a man beaten not by a better opponent but by himself is a tragedy.

I know, but I do not approve. And I am not resigned.

Whenever you are angry, be assured that it is not only a present evil, but that you have increased a habit.

I see bright kids trapped in public schools that are just warehousing them. As an educator this makes me scared. As Secretary of State, this makes me terrified.

Some live in a state of passionate indecision.