Knowledge is rarely enough to spark change; it takes emotion to bring knowledge to a boil.

Grit is not synonymous with hard work. It involves a certain single-mindedness. An ungritty prison inmate will mount a daring new escape attempt every month, but a gritty prison inmate will tunnel his way out one spoonful of concrete at a time. Grit

When you’re at the beginning, don’t obsess about the middle, because the middle is going to look different once you get there.

What’s broken, and how do we fix it?

The more hooks an idea has, the better it will cling to memory.

What questions do I want my audience to ask?

Once we know something, we find it hard to imagine what it was like not to know it.