Research shows that the wealthier, more educated, and healthier a nation, the less violence and civil unrest among its populace, and the less likely that unrest will spread across its borders.

Creating abundance [is] not about creating a life of luxury for everybody on this planet; it's about creating a life of possibility.

I don't think the space station is innovative. Going to the moon was innovative because we had no idea how to do it.

The thing about frontiers, it allows the individuals who are best, whether they're men or women or minorities or whatever, to step to the top. So in traditional societies, old world societies, in the United Kingdom if you would; if you were born into the right stratus, the right class, you had the ability to succeed.

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

I have the general philosophy of creating the future you want to see.

I founded a launch company called International Microspace when I graduated medical school in 1989. We were trying to build a microsatellite launcher.