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

I'd rather lose my own money than someone else's.

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

[Chuck's wife] was standing behind me at the time and she said, 'Chuck hasn't fed himself in 19 years. So, you've got a choice: We keep the arm, or you keep Chuck.'

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.

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.

I do not want to waste any time. And if you are not working on important things, you are wasting time.