You have teenagers thinking they're going to make millions as NBA stars when that's not realistic for even 1 percent of them. Becoming a scientist or engineer is.

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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.

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...

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...

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...

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.

As we move towards 8 or 10 billion people on the planet, there's a little...

As we move towards 8 or 10 billion people on the planet, there's a little...

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 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...

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

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

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...

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...

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

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

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...

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.

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...

I'm a human entropy producer.

I'm a human entropy producer.

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...

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

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

In some cases, inventions prohibit innovation because we're so caught up in playing with the...

In some cases, inventions prohibit innovation because we're so caught up in playing with the...