The price to generate a megawatt or a gigawatt of energy is coming down year after year. We're learning how to print it, make it more efficient.

An expert is someone who can tell you exactly how it can't be done.

Many have built their careers buttressing the status quo, reinforcing what theyve already accomplished, and resisting the radical thinking that can topple their legacy - not exactly the attitude you want when trying to drive innovation forward.

Eight billion people will have Internet access by 2020.

Super-ambitious goals tend to be unifying and energizing to people; but only if they believe there's a chance of success.

Bad news sells because the amygdala is always looking for something to fear.

Space is not a two-year objective. It used to be, in the early '60's, we had this eye candy of Mercury and Gemini and Apollo and every year we would do something more and more and it met those needs. But the easy stuff has been done.