There is a certain responsibility that accrued to me when I got to this unexpected position.

Learning to write programs stretches your mind, and helps you think better, creates a way of thinking about things that I think is helpful in all domains.

A top-quartile teacher will increase the performance of their class - based on test scores - by over 10 percent in a single year. ... That means that if the entire U.S., for two years, had top-quartile teachers, the entire difference between us and Asia would go away.

Every new change forces all the companies in an industry to adapt their strategies to that change.

Television is not real life. In real life people actually have to leave the coffee shop and go to jobs.

The U.S. couldn't even get rid of Saddam Hussein. And we all know that the EU is just a passing fad. They'll be killing each other again in less than a year. I'm sick to death of all these fascist lawsuits.

Be nice to nerds. Chances are you'll end up working for one.