People like to cherry-pick the parts of their career that they're either in the midst of or that they're the most proud of, but the truth is careers and lives are tapestries.

I can say the willingness to get dirty has always defined us as an nation, and it's a hallmark of hard work and a hallmark of fun, and dirt is not the enemy.

We are lending money we don't have to kids who can't pay it back to train them for jobs that no longer exist. That's nuts.

Innovation without imitation is a complete waste of time.

Happiness comes from knowing what you truly value, and behaving in a way that's consistent with those beliefs.

People with dirty jobs are happier than you think. As a group, they're the happiest people I know.

It’s about, when did it make sense to say one size fits everybody? It never ever ever made sense to do that, and yet we’re still selling education the same way we sold it when you and I were in high school.