Everybody has to be able to participate in a future that they want to live for. That's what technology can do.

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

Segway will be to the car what the car was to the horse and buggy.

Education, actual learning - it is hard work. It's very personal. Your parents don't teach you anything. Your teachers don't teach you anything. The government doesn't teach you anything. You read it. You don't understand it; you read it again. You break a pencil and read it again.

As we move towards 8 or 10 billion people on the planet, there's a little less gold per capita. Each one of us will continue to be fighting over an ever smaller percentage of total resources. This is not a happy thought

My biggest worry is I'm running out of time and energy. Thirty years ago I thought 10 years was a really long time.

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.