Today we see a human population of over 6 billion people, many of whom have serious medical conditions, which either can't be treated or cannot be treated economically.

Nanotechnology will let us build computers that are incredibly powerful. We'll have more power in the volume of a sugar cube than exists in the entire world today.

Nanotechnology is an idea that most people simply didn't believe.

If you look at the human condition today, not everyone is well fed, has access to good medical care, or the physical basics that provide for a healthy and a happy life.

Because of technological limits, there is a certain amount of food that we can produce per acre. If we were to have intensive greenhouse agriculture, we could have much higher production.

The new technologies that we see coming will have major benefits that will greatly alleviate human suffering.

One of the concepts essential to molecular manufacturing is that of a self-replicating manufacturing system. That concept has lagged behind in its acceptance.

One of the things that we can say with confidence is that we will have much lighter, much stronger materials, and this will reduce the cost of air flight, and it will reduce the cost of rockets.

We see an entire planet which has many limitations.

Machines built by human beings they will function correctly if we provide them with a very specific environment. But if that environment is changed they won't function at all.

If you think the technology is infeasible, you don't worry about what it might do and what its potential is.

You are going to die like a dog for no good reason

One night I was layin' down, I heard Papa talkin' to Mama, I heard Papa say to let that boy boogie-woogie.'Cause it's in him and it's got to come out.

Never walk away from failure. On the contrary, study it carefully and imaginatively for its hidden assets.

Procrastinate strategically... Procrastination may be the enemy of productivity but it can be a valuable resource for creativity.

Strangely enough, the first character in Fried Green Tomatoes was the cafe, and the town. I think a place can be as much a character in a novel as the people.

Three fires is the international distress signal.

The job of an editor in a publishing house is the dullest, hardest, most exciting, exasperating and rewarding of perhaps any job in the world.

Princes should delegate to others the enactment of unpopular measures and keep in their own hands the means of winning favours.

The world needs change, change needs an activity. It has to be planted by a thought.

You have to be open to everything.