Optimists are usually wrong. But all the great change in history, positive change, was done by optimists.

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.

You are my drug of choiceI know you’re no good for meAnd though I swear my lipsWill never touch you againHere we are, here we are.

When you have a hammer in your hand, everything around you starts looking like a nail.

The American flag is the most recognized symbol of freedom and democracy in the world.

If you can't frighten yourself, I don't think you can excite other people. And I like being frightened.

There shall be no slave in your home, male or female: Least of all the mother of your son.

Spectroscopy can probably answer the question, 'Is there anybody out there?' Are we alone?

You really have to focus on what you're doing and just plow ahead no matter what hurdles are thrown in front of you.

He was a man who understood the virtue of small things.

God wants the world to function in an orderly way, not a chaotic way, so teaching humans to do what's right and what will make for the happiest life isn't going to be off limits.

Our greatest foes, and whom we must chiefly combat, are within.