People often say that it is easier to predict the way things are going to be 10 to 20 years in the future than to predict how it is going to be 3 years from now.

The biggest risk is not taking any risk.

Don't discount yourself, no matter what you're doing. Everyone has a unique perspective that they can bring to the world.

I think a simple rule of business is, if you do the things that are easier first, then you can actually make a lot of progress.

Move fast, take risks, it's okay to try big things you're better off trying something and having it not work and learning from that than having not done anything at all.

The biggest risk is not taking any risk... In a world that changing really quickly, the only strategy that is guaranteed to fail is not taking risks.

People have really gotten comfortable not only sharing more information and different kinds, but more openly and with more people - and that social norm is just something that has evolved over time.

When you want to change things, you can't please everyone. If you do please everyone, you aren't making enough progress.

My number one piece of advice is: you should learn how to program.

If things aren’t breaking, then you’re not moving fast enough. People learn by making mistakes.

People think innovation is just having a good idea but a lot of it is just moving quickly and trying a lot of things.

Human happiness is defined by the hardships and conflicts you have been through. The greater they are, the greater is your happiness.

And he calls it playing? Like, whatever happened to chess? Or cards? Or tag?

Every King, like the river, is evident by his currents

A person must have a certain amount of intelligent ignorance to get anywhere.

I have all sorts of problems and feel discouraged.

Honest talk about the deficit is risky. Voters are more enthusiastic about the abstract notion of deficit reduction than about the painful details of accomplishing it.

I wake up early. At 6:30 A.M., I'm at my most optimistic.

I know now why confusion in government is not only tolerated but encouraged. I have learned. A confused people can make no clear demands.

You better stand tall when they're calling you out, don't bend, don't break, and don't back down!

Thought is the most highly organized form of energy known to man.