We need to get a broader awareness. People say climate change is really bad, but painting that picture of what you're putting at risk.

There are more people dying of malaria than any specific cancer.

In this business, by the time you realize you're in trouble, it's too late to save yourself. Unless you're running scared all the time, you're gone.

We need to look at less obvious paths, things like the wind in the jet stream, which is very high up. The material science of what type of kite string you would need to connect up to that. That's still at the basic research level.

This social-networking thing takes you to crazy places.

I love building the products, seeing people use the products but you know along with success comes the need for a dialogue with the government.

Imagine the disincentive to software development if after months of work another company could come along and copy your work and market it under its own name...without legal restraints to such copying, companies like Apple could not afford to advance the state of the art.