I'd rather lose my own money than someone else's.

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Sometimes we crash and burn. It's better to do it in private.

Sometimes we crash and burn. It's better to do it in private.

To me, innovations are the wheel, fire, language, movable type. There are not 3 million...

To me, innovations are the wheel, fire, language, movable type. There are not 3 million...

I don't work on a project unless I believe that it will dramatically improve life...

I don't work on a project unless I believe that it will dramatically improve life...

An innovation is one of those things that society looks at and says, if we...

An innovation is one of those things that society looks at and says, if we...

Everybody has to be able to participate in a future that they want to live...

Everybody has to be able to participate in a future that they want to live...

I consider high-speed data transmission an invention that became a major innovation. It changed the...

I consider high-speed data transmission an invention that became a major innovation. It changed the...

If history is any indication, all truths will eventually turn out to be false.

If history is any indication, all truths will eventually turn out to be false.

A patent, or invention, is any assemblage of technologies or ideas that you can put...

A patent, or invention, is any assemblage of technologies or ideas that you can put...

I think an education is not only important, it is the most important thing you...

I think an education is not only important, it is the most important thing you...

We can't live any more in a world which is based on stuff and not...

We can't live any more in a world which is based on stuff and not...

If you're going to fail, you might as well fail at the big ones.

If you're going to fail, you might as well fail at the big ones.

There is just so much stuff in the world that, to me, is devoid of...

There is just so much stuff in the world that, to me, is devoid of...

You have teenagers thinking they're going to make millions as NBA stars when that's not...

You have teenagers thinking they're going to make millions as NBA stars when that's not...

Most of the time you will fail, but you will also occasionally succeed. Those occasional...

Most of the time you will fail, but you will also occasionally succeed. Those occasional...

New ideas in technology are literally a dime-a-dozen, or cheaper than that.

New ideas in technology are literally a dime-a-dozen, or cheaper than that.

I do not want to waste any time. And if you are not working on...

I do not want to waste any time. And if you are not working on...

My biggest worry is I'm running out of time and energy. Thirty years ago I...

My biggest worry is I'm running out of time and energy. Thirty years ago I...

People take the longest possible paths, digress to numerous dead ends, and make all kinds...

People take the longest possible paths, digress to numerous dead ends, and make all kinds...

I don't want to think about how many people have thought or still think that...

I don't want to think about how many people have thought or still think that...

The city needs a car like a fish needs a bicycle.

The city needs a car like a fish needs a bicycle.