I started realizing that I wasn't so dumb; rather, most people simply didn't know the answers to the questions that I was interested in-or they didn't care

Americans thinking that America will continue to lead the world in innovation and quality of life without some quick and serious educational improvements are dangerously delusional.

Sometimes we crash and burn. It's better to do it in private.

To me, innovations are the wheel, fire, language, movable type. There are not 3 million innovations; there are 3 million inventions

Some broad themes brought me where I am today. At a very young age, my hobby became thinking and finding connections.

We cant live any more in a world which is based on stuff and not ideas. If you want to live with the world of stuff, were all doomed.

If you're going to fail, you might as well fail at the big ones.