Stripe really did come about because we were really appalled by how hard it was to charge for things online.

Our idea with starting Stripe was to build better payments technology for people building things on the web.

Help each user personally. Sure that won't scale to a very large size, but when a startup is just starting out, it really helps you have an advantage as a small and nimble company.

I think a lot of people learn to code messing around with things while in secondary school. And for me, it started up as a hobby and a plaything, and I just became more curious over time.

My brother and I were born in an Irish county called Tipperary. We were both very math- and science-inclined in high school. My dad trained as an electrical engineer, and my mom is in microbiology.

With Stripe, people who previously operated online or offline in a very limited capacity now have all the tools to work like a real online business. That's a very valuable thing.

Even if you are completely busy at work, you should still have a constant ministry in the church

What'll Geoffrey do when you pull off your First, my child?" demanded Miss Ha

The right relationship won't distract you from God. It will bring you closer to Him.

Keep your right up or there'll be nothing left of you." - 100 BulletsI love this quote because it has double meaning.

Not all who drink energy drinks are douches, but all douches drink energy drinks.

my own relationships with the animals in my life are absurdly complex: Some I love, some I eat, and the scraps left over from the ones I eat, I feed to the ones I love.

Restrict bankruptcy rules.

Be willing to be a beginner every single morning.

On the other hand, if the free world is concerned with how a new Palestinian leader governs, then the peace process will have a real chance to succeed.

I've always been a daydreamer.