The world is noisy and messy. You need to deal with the noise and uncertainty.

We should spend less time at universities filling our students' minds with content by lecturing at them, and more time igniting their creativity … by actually talking with them.

There are so many people around the world in need of high-quality education and really starving for education.

Start marching forward, even when into the new and unknown, and don't be deterred by obstacles.

High-quality education provided by MOOCs can be a significant factor in opening doors to opportunity—even among the college-educated.

Universities have come to realize that online is not a fad. The question is not whether to engage in this area but how to do it.

I would like to make it so that education was a right, and not a privilege.

Current ethos in Silicon Valley is that if you build a website that people keep coming back to and is changing the lives of millions, you can eventually make money.

If a student takes a Stanford computer class and a Princeton business class, it shows they are motivated and have skills. We know it has helped employees get better jobs.

In many of our [online] courses, the median response time for a question on the question and answer forum was 22 minutes - which is not a level of service I have ever offered to my Stanford students.

As a society, we can and should invest more money in education.

If society fits you comfortably enough, you call it freedom.

Power belongs to the intelligence of evil. It's totally unreflective, like Donald Trump. It belongs there.

Secret of my success was to have ambition and know minds of men.

The beer tastes better when you win

I'm a believer that satellite radio, whether I'm on it or not, will take off.

Not enough gets said about the importance of abandoning crap.

Sometimes when you've had a long series of disappointing things happen, you can get into the very bad habit of just expecting more of what you've already had.

What I enjoy so much about the Tonys' uniqueness is that anyone who's tuning in has an interest in seeing the show, so our job is halfway done.

If you're a boy, you always want to be in a western; and any actor I know would like to be in a horror.

So, my friends, in a week or so the Governor-General will swear in a new government.