We say that word [bureaucracy] with such contempt. But it's that contempt that keeps this thing that we own and we pay for as something that's working against us.

We're not going to fix government until we fix citizenship.

Are we just going to be a crowd of voices, or are we going to be a crowd of hands?

Government is supposed to be about how we do things together, and we can do that much more together if we use technology smartly right now.

Our ability to do great things with data will make a real difference in every aspect of our lives.

Government is like a vast ocean and politics is the six-inch layer on top.

Now, a lot of people have given up on government. And if youre one of those people, I would ask that you reconsider, because things are changing. Politics is not changing; government is changing.

When one neighbor helps another, we strengthen our communities.

When there are more males in the industry to begin with, it just has a more male feel, and that pushes the girls away.

If you dont tolerate any risk, you can never innovate.

We have to make bureaucracy sexy.

And people who don’t dream, who don’t have any kind of imaginative life, they must… they must go nuts. I can’t imagine that.

My mother is my teacherHer words make me richerI thank you oh my motherMay you grow and live longer!

The owls are gathering

I was about to meet Beyonce, and I had a full-blown anxiety attack. Then she popped in looking gorgeous, and said, 'You're amazing! When I listen to you I feel like I'm listening to God.'

When you see someone putting on his Big Boots, you can be pretty sure that an Adventure is going to happen.

There’s only two times in life, there’s now and there’s too late.

You can tell the man who rings true from the man who rings false, not by his deeds alone, but also by his desires.

Baseball is a rookie, his experience no bigger than the lump in his throat as he begins fulfillment of his dream.

Politics is like navigation in a sea without charts, and wise men live the lives of pilgrims.

We must motivate ourselves to do our very best, and by our example lead others to do their best as well.