The system will always be defended by those countless people who have enough intellect to defend but not quite enough to innovate.

Happiness is for those who don't really need it. So I can live without happiness.

I'm in love with this country called "America." I'm a huge fan of America. I'm one of those annoying fans - you know, the ones that read the cd notes and follow you into bathrooms and ask you all kinds of annoying questions about why you didn't live up to that. I'm that kind of fan. I've read the Declaration of Independence, and I've read the Constitution of the United States, and they are some liner notes, dude.

(...) being right all the time acquires a huge importance in education, and there is this terror of being wrong. The ego is so tied to being right that later on in life you are reluctant to accept that you are ever wrong, because you are defending not the idea but your self-esteem. (...) this terror of being wrong means that people have enormous difficulties in changing ideas.

An idea that is developed and put into action is more important than an idea that exists only as an idea.

Creativity gives the possibility of some sort of achievement to everyone.

There is no doubt that creativity is the most important human resource of all.