I'm glad to see that BMW is bringing an electric car to market. That's cool.

Failure is an option here. If things are not failing, you are not innovating enough.

When something is important enough, you do it even if the odds are not in your favor.

People should pursue what they're passionate about. That will make them happier than pretty much anything else.

I think it is possible for ordinary people to choose to be extraordinary.

I'm extremely confident that solar will be at least a plurality of power, and most likely a majority... in less than 20 years.

Constantly seek criticism. A well thought out critique of what you're doing is as valuable as gold

Optimism, pessimism, f**k that; we're going to make it happen. As God is my bloody witness, I'm hell-bent on making it work.

I think that's the single best piece of advice: constantly think about how you could be doing things better and questioning yourself.

Mars is the only place in the solar system where it's possible for life to become multi-planetarian.

My mentality is that of a samurai. I would rather commit seppuku than fail.

There was a time when I do not understand poetry.

You need your beauty sleep for tomorrow"she tells us "don't stay up too late talking"We ignore her of course.The whole point of a sleepover is to stay up too late talking.

The visual architecture of 'Biutiful' is the most sophisticated of all the films I have directed.

The problem with promises is that once you've made one, it's bound to be broken. It's like an unspoken cosmic rule.

Learn to trust His timing. Don't get in a hurry; don't grow impatient; don't try to force doors open. Don't try to make things happen in your own strength. Let God do it His way.

The thing that I champion is sustainability. My terror is that suddenly we see it as a luxury, not an essential. That's a danger.

I'm not sure I'm okay with 2 guys gettin' married, but I don't wanna be a jerk about it.

I still need practice in enjoying the fruits of success.

I am a lover like no lover has ever loved before!

the ruder lecturers are, and the louder their voices, the more converts they make to their opinions.