In China today, Bill Gates is Britney Spears. In America today, Britney Spears is Britney Spears-and that is our problem.

I was in Bangalore, India, the Silicon Valley of India, when I realized that the world was flat.

Basically all the world's computer parts come from the same supply chain that runs from Korea, down through coastal China, over to Taiwan, and down to Malaysia.

What every employer is looking for is not someone who can do the job, but someone who can reinvent the job.

No, most of our political elite has not realized that the world is flat.

I have a daughter who is a sophomore in college and another who is in the 11th grade of high school.

I said that more people in more places can now compete, connect and collaborate with equal power and equal tools than ever before.

In the future, how we educate our children may prove to be more important than how much we educate them.

The Dell Theory of Conflict Prevention argues that no two countries that are both part of the same global supply chain will ever fight a war as long as they are each part of that supply chain.

Your boss doesn't care what you know, because the Google machine knows everything. Your boss cares about what you can do with what you know. That's the only thing your boss will pay for.

I've always believed the world would be a better place if more people everywhere have a chance to shape their own future and realize their full potential. I think that is what life is about.

To every man his little cross. Till he dies. And is forgotten.

Anyone who takes drugs should be hammered.

The problems that agitate one generation are exstinguished for the next, not because they have been solved but because the general lack of interest sweeps them away.

Man loves most that which is his own.

To me, crying is not a sign of weakness. She wants it that bad and she puts her whole heart into it. She had really high expectations, and that's why she's so good. She just had a bad game.

You have a lot more freedom to explore and improvise in a Canadian film, which you might not have when there's 13 different production companies that all have serious equity investments.

I've been around since I was 19, I won the Oscar when I was 21, I've had a couple of TV series. I've continued to work despite the predictions of some naysayers.

The greatest discovery in life is self-discovery. Until you find yourself you will always be someone else. Become yourself.

Nobody knows anything.

The problem is, when you're making an animated movie, the studio has an illusion in their minds - and it's really not true - that because it's a drawing, it can be changed at any time.