Want to increase innovation? Lower the cost of failure.

For some reason, I grew up generally believing that Japan and Korea were quite friendly. I do know that there is some bad history and the extremists on both sides are unreasonable.

I have had a great deal of interaction with Koreans and feel a fairly strong bond with Korea.

If we destroy human rights and rule of law in response to terrorism, they have won.

Internet penetration in Italy is quite low and the Berlusconi media machine controls most of what people see.

Education is what people do to you. Learning is what you do to yourself. Focus on being connected, always learning, fully aware and super present.

Liberty, freedom and democracy are very fuzzy words, but human rights is very specific.

I have always viewed my role as a sort of ambassador or bridge between groups to help provide a dialog.

I talked about the barriers created by monopolies. I said that it was the role of government to break up these monopolies and that we couldn't do it alone.

We have a long way to go before we are able to hear the voices of everyone on earth, but I believe that providing voices and building bridges is essential for the World Peace we all wish for.

My whole life has been about connecting things that aren't connected.

Diligence makes big dreams come to past

What a blessing it is to love books.

It’s amazing how when we were young we wanted to know what it felt like to be older and when we are older we want the feeling of being younger again.

Truth cannot be changed. When all the flowers of the world are dead, there will still be a true thing that is a flower.

I'd rather be a football coach. That way you only lose eleven games a year.

I am, it seems, interested in people with multiple identities. I think we all have multiple identities.

As much as we thirst for approval we dread condemnation.

Because man is endowed with Reason, he can subdue his impulses in the service of moral and religious ideals, and is born to bear rule over Nature.

You learn from doing and you learn from experiencing what it feels like to be present and lost in the moment with another artist.

I'm still trying to figure out what the right line is between myself and the people I play. Sometimes I go too far one way or too far the other.