My childhood dreams were focused on being part of the effort to make humanity a multiplanetary species.

Go and try to start your own government in the United States today and you'll be squashed very quickly.

Companies have too many experts who block innovation. True innovation really comes from perpendicular thinking.

In 1980, during my sophomore year at MIT, I realized that the school didn't have a student space organization. I made posters for a group I called Students for the Exploration and Development of Space and put them up all over campus. Thirty-five people showed up. It was the first thing I ever organized, and it took off!

The world's biggest problems are the world's biggest business opportunities.

The folks who go after grand challenges are impatient. They're pissed off. They're sick and tired, but in a passionate way. They're driven by a fire in their bellies to make a difference.

Stuff goes wrong. Expect it, learn from it, fix it. That's how remarkable happens.