I am most heartened when I'm talking to a team when they're reasoning to each other.

People who take risk intelligently can usually actually make a lot more progress than people who don't.

It is impossible to dissociate an individual from the environment of which he is a part. No story of achievement should ever be removed from its broader social context.

Society flourishes when people think entrepreneurally.

That's part of the reason why we also need to focus on, how do I give to society, how do I participate in society, how do I make society a better place, because, by the way, it's good for me, but it's also good for all of us in the environment in which we live and work.

...Silicon Valley's success comes from the way its companies build alliances with their employees.

It’s actually pretty easy to be contrarian. It’s hard to be contrarian and right.