When you struggle with a problem, that's when you understand it.

Failure is an option here. If things are not failing, you are not innovating enough.

When something is important enough, you do it even if the odds are not in your favor.

People should pursue what they're passionate about. That will make them happier than pretty much anything else.

I think it is possible for ordinary people to choose to be extraordinary.

I'm extremely confident that solar will be at least a plurality of power, and most likely a majority... in less than 20 years.

Constantly seek criticism. A well thought out critique of what you're doing is as valuable as gold

Optimism, pessimism, f**k that; we're going to make it happen. As God is my bloody witness, I'm hell-bent on making it work.

I think that's the single best piece of advice: constantly think about how you could be doing things better and questioning yourself.

Mars is the only place in the solar system where it's possible for life to become multi-planetarian.

My mentality is that of a samurai. I would rather commit seppuku than fail.

He who takes offense when no offense is intended is a fool, and he who takes offense when offense is intended is a greater fool.

Magic is just science we don't understand yet.

A happy marriage is a long conversation which always seems too short.

I think it is important to pass on the message to young people who are going through a difficult time with friends that it will pass.

Paradoxically, in the field being a woman actually helps you: people often feel more comfortable talking to women, which is key in documentaries.

Take lack of candor. ... I'm not talking about boldface lying, but a tendency to withhold information. That behavior is far more common, and it frustrates teams and bosses to no end.

Up from the meadows rich with corn, Clear in the cool September morn

Now the line was drawn. Lucy had never thought that one of the fiercest battles of her life would be fought over a breakfast table, with quiet words carefully chosen.

Peter Marshall: A western saddle has a curved horn on the front to hold something for the cowboy. What is it?

The passage of time has not altered the capacity of the Redeemer to change lives.