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

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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...

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 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.

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...

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 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...

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.

My biggest failure is I have too many to talk about.

My biggest failure is I have too many to talk about.

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.

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...

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.

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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

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

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...