I am always able to keep a laser focus on one thing at a time without getting distracted. It helps that I try to break everything I do into small, achievable tasks.

The question that motivates my research is, if we can put a man on the Moon with 100,000 [people], what can we do with 100 million?

My ultimate research goal is to transform our human existence to just eating, sleeping, drinking, playing - nevermind.

I co-founded Duolingo with the mission of bringing free language education to the world.

People are good at figuring out what's attractive, and computers are good at quickly searching and finding. You put them together, and bang!

One fact we're particularly proud of is that there are more people learning languages on Duolingo in the US than there are people learning languages in the entire US public school system.

I usually make to-do lists with timelines, and pen and paper does the trick for me.

Because education is such a broad area, I chose to focus on language learning.

[Captchas] are not only annoying, but they kill 10 seconds of your time.

Every time you buy tickets on Ticketmaster, you help to digitize a book.

I finished reading High Output Management by Andrew Grove, which had such valuable insights for leaders that I've been forcing managers at Duolingo to read the book.

She wasnt exactly sure when it happened. Or even when it started. All she knew for sure was that right here and now, she was falling hard and she could only pray that he was feeling the same way.

The pupil dilates in darkness and in the end finds light, just as the soul dilates in misfortune and in the end finds God.

A good businessman knows how to make a profit. An engineer makes sure it runs well. We need more leaders who are task oriented.

To experience life you have to kind of face a lot of fears.

We don't exist unless we are deeply and sensually in touch with that which can be touched but not known.

Success is deciding from the start what end result you want and creating the circumstances to realize that result.

An initiative was essentially led by civil society because the policy of the government was that Africans must not be taught to graze in pastures which were reserved for the main white group.

Once social media was introduced, it enabled a new way for people, particularly the younger generation, to connect with one another, based on common interests, goals and even values.

I know what I can do and what I'm able to accomplish.

If you squeeze an orange, orange juice comes out. Nothing can come out of you that is not in you. If when you are pressured, anger comes out, it is not the fault of the person who pressured.