The quality of business communications has become poorer in recent years as people avoid phone calls and face-to-face meetings, I can only assume, in some misguided quest for efficiency.

My definition of success? The more you are actively and practically engaged, the more successful you will feel.

Many assume my business success has brought me happiness. But the way I see it, I am successful because I am happy.

Screw it, just do it!

In Africa, villagers look up to elders; they are the moral voice of their community.

Fantasizing about the future is one of my favorite pastimes.

And in the process, we have come up with fuels - algae-based fuels, isobutanol-based fuels and other fuels - that we think will power the planes in the future so that, you know, by 2020 I hope that our planes will be powered on fuels that are clean fuels and are not polluting the environment so that we'll have a green airline and an airline that actually has fuels that will be hopefully cheaper than the dirty fuels of the past. So [we're] doing good and also turning a profit at the same time.