What are the top 20 universities in the world that do good materials research that might create carbon fibers to do jet stream kites or new magnets that will allow [energy] generation to be done up there and you just bring the electricity down. You either have to bring down rotational energy, which is hard, or you have to have the generator up there and bring down the electricity. Well, putting the generator up there is hard to do because it's too heavy.

You don't have to own a TV network to go out and do a cool show.

The most impactful dollars that Australia can spend are actually what goes to help the poorest.

To be a good professional engineer, always start to study late for exams because it teaches you how to manage time and tackle emergencies.

I don't have a magic formula for prioritizing the world's problems.

You have to be willing to see that sometimes the governments of these poor countries don't come through. You have to think about that as a constraint. How do you help them be better? How do you come up with things that actually work, even in those tough situations.

Flipping burgers is not beneath your dignity. Your Grandparents had a different word for burger flipping - they called it opportunity.