The Internet has always been, and always will be, a magic box.

My own theory is that we are in the middle of a dramatic and broad technological and economic shift in which software companies are poised to take over large swathes of the economy

In the startup world, you're either a genius or an idiot. You're never just an ordinary guy trying to get through the day

In short, software is eating the world

My goal is not to fail fast. My goal is to succeed over the long run. They are not the same thing.

All's fair in love, war and ride-sharing.

Innovation accelerates and compounds. Each point in front of you is bigger than anything that ever happened.

Over the next 10 years, I expect many more industries to be disrupted by software, with new world-beating Silicon Valley companies doing the disruption in more cases than not.

Health care and education, in my view, are next up for fundamental software-based transformation.

A lot of things you want to do as part of daily life can now be done over the Internet.

People who tell computers what to do, and people who are told by computers what to do.

Tell them I have the headache--no, the plague! I need something nice and contagious.

One's first step in wisdom is to question everything one's last is to come to terms with everything.

He who prides himself on giving what he thinks the public wants is often creating a fictitious demand for low standards which he will then satisfy.

Under a dictatorship, a nation ceases to exist. All that remains is a fiefdom, a planet of slaves regimented by aliens from outer space.

Compassion is a two way street.

I often think it's unfair to the listener and "too easy" to just choose one tempo while I make and decide the songs.

Non-violence is the policy of the vegetable kingdom.

Others may sing the song. Others may right the wrong.

Plagiarism is basic to all culture

If you don't know you're in a state of grace, then you're vulnerable to the paralysis of the accusations of the enemy.