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.

You need to be a little crazy to change the world, and you can’t really fake it.

I think people are dreaming big because they have the tools to dream big. I hope that people are dreaming big because it makes them feel good about their lives.

Today, philanthropy is a very unsophisticated, old world process where people who make a shitload of money go and give it away and when they're making their money, they're focused on 10x, 100x returns on the dollar.

We are not going to stop here on planet Earth. We're going to move out to other planetary bodies.

The first trillionaire can be made in space.

I get demoralized by organizations that start off with a mission and pull back when they find it's risky.