There's a tremendous bias against taking risks. Everyone is trying to optimize their ass-covering.

Funded by the government just means funded by the people. Government, by the way, has no money. It only takes money from the people. Sometimes people forget that that's really what occurs.

I came to the conclusion that we should aspire to increase the scope and scale of human consciousness in order to better understand what questions to ask. Really, the only thing that makes sense is to strive for greater collective enlightenment.

My mentality is that of a samurai. I would rather commit seppuku than fail.

I’m nauseatingly pro-American. I would have come here from any country. The U.S. is where great things are possible.

People work better when they know what the goal is and why. It is important that people look forward to coming to work in the morning and enjoy working.

Most people can learn a lot more than they think they can. They sell themselves short without trying.