I think life on Earth must be about more than just solving problems... It's got to be something inspiring, even if it is vicarious.

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 is a happiness in failure too. At least you tried. There is a happiness in not reaching your goal yet. You have a journey ahead of you...

I believe that people would be alive today if there were a death penalty.

I must study alone, as I am condemned to do every thing alone, I believe, in this life.

We need to support our police officers and make sure that community policing becomes something that becomes the standard across the country.

To keep from decaying, to be a winner, the athlete must accept pain - not only accept it, but look for it, live with it, learn not to fear it.

Love surrounds you like steam in the shower. You can't see the individual drops, but you get warm. And wet. And clean.

I'm yet to discover any form of theocracy that isn't homophobic, that isn't bigoted to the out group.

If it had not been for the Christians that I have known I might have been a Christian.

Don't have too much story for the time you have.