In order to have your voice be heard in Washington, you have to make some little contribution.

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.

You can’t have relationships if you’re not willing to open yourself up and lean on people as much as you want them to lean on you.

Sometimes when someone tells a ridiculous lie, it is best to ignore it entirely.

Boredom soon overcomes me when I am contemplating nature.

Because of my job, my hair gets played with a lot on set, so I try to give it little bit of breathing space when Im not working.

The water won't clear up until we get the hogs out of the creek.

It's a game changer, not a game ender.

What I write is very personal, but not autobiographical. It's more 'thematically personal' - what's up in my life in terms of themes at the moment.

We women are so judged by the way we dress, and men are not. So style is part of developing your own brand.

Growing up as a little kid, I wasn't always this size. I got picked on a lot.

Suffer love; a good epithet! I do suffer love, indeed, for I love thee against my will.