The first rule of venture capitalism is hands-on experience. You have to get your hands dirty.

In the next 10 years, data science and software will do more for medicine than all of the biological sciences together.

By 2025, 80 percent of the functions doctors do will be done much better and much more cheaply by machines and machine learned algorithms.

Any problem is an opportunity. The bigger the problem, the bigger the opportunity.

Success comes to those that dare to dream dreams and are foolish enough to try and make them come true.

I believe cellulosic fuels, biofuels made from nonfood crops are the only solution that will make a difference.

It doesn't matter what your probability of failure is. If there's a 90% chance of failure, there's a 10% chance of changing the world.

An entrepreneur is someone who dares to dream the dreams and is foolish enough to try to make those dreams come true.

Doctors can be replaced by software – 80% of them can. I’d much rather have a good machine learning system diagnose my disease than the median or average doctor.

The world is hung up on food-based biofuels. Not only are they the wrong thing, they're the uneconomic thing.

Certain food-based biofuels like biodiesel have always been a bad idea. Others like corn ethanol have served a useful purpose and essentially are obsoleting themselves.

I like to swim. It's good for the body and it helps clear my head.

The charges [government] brought against me, for example, explicitly denied my ability to make a public-interest defense.

Let us clear a little space, And make Love a burial-place. He is dead, dear, as you see, And he wearies you and me.

The thing I miss about Air Force One is they don't lose my luggage.

I suppose it's like the ticking crocodile, isn't it? Time is chasing after all of us.

All I can do is make the best of what I am, become accustomed to it, evaluate the possibilities, and take advantage of them the best I can.

I could not deprive you of the revelation of all that you could accomplish together, of a friendship that will define you both in ways you cannot yet realize.

The great thing about fairy tales and folk tales is that there is no authentic text.

Sanctions are not diplomacy. They are a precursor to war and an embarrassment to a country that pays lip service to free trade.

Find something that matters deeply to you and pursue it. Question. Stand. Speak. Act. Make us uncomfortable. Make us think.