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

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.

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

Life is too short for long-term grudges.

Men should think twice before making widowhood women's only path to power.

SakeThe jewel which brightly shines at nightIs precious, but cannot measure up To the delights of drinking sake, Drowning one's troubles in the cup. Otomo no Tabito

For those who wander in the depths, there is nothing deep!

I have never been drunk but I've often been overserved.

You've got to know the rules to break them. That's what I'm here for, to demolish the rules but to keep the tradition.

Souldiers in peace are like chimneys in summer.

The art of ignoring is one of the accomplishments of every well-bred girl, so carefully instilled that at last she can even ignore her own thoughts and her own knowledge.

I think we can take back Mosul, and then we can move on into Syria and take back Raqqa.

Um... Bulgaria is an interesting country. The people are lovely. There are potholes the size of small planets.

Jesus specialized in menial tasks that everyone else tried to avoid: washing feet, helping children, fixing breakfast, and serving lepers. Nothing was beneath him, because he came to serve.