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

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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 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...

I started realizing that I wasn't so dumb; rather, most people simply didn't know the...

I started realizing that I wasn't so dumb; rather, most people simply didn't know the...

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...

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

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

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...

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 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...

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...

I'm a human entropy producer.

I'm a human entropy producer.

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.

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...

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...

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...

Some broad themes brought me where I am today. At a very young age, my...

Some broad themes brought me where I am today. At a very young age, my...

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...

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...

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...