Since I have access to every, every crisis in the world because it's always blaring at me on cable television, that doesn't mean I have to worry about every one of them. This is also known as knowing where the 'off' button is.

The computing world is very good at things that we are not. It is very good at memory.

There clearly are cases where evil people exist, but you don't have to violate the privacy of every single citizen of America to find them.

I still believe that sitting down and reading a book is the best way to really learn something.

Find a way to say “Yes” to things. Say yes to invitations to a new country, say yes to meet new friends, say yes to learning a new language, picking up a new sport. Yes is how you get your first job, and your next job. Yes is how you find your spouse, and even your kids.

There were 5 Exabytes of information created between the dawn of civilization through 2003, but that much information is now created every 2 days.

It looks like the thing that separates out the capable students from the really successful ones is not so much their knowledge...but their persistence at something.