The most important thing is to get on the right horse.

My own theory is that we are in the middle of a dramatic and broad technological and economic shift in which software companies are poised to take over large swathes of the economy

In the startup world, you're either a genius or an idiot. You're never just an ordinary guy trying to get through the day

In short, software is eating the world

My goal is not to fail fast. My goal is to succeed over the long run. They are not the same thing.

All's fair in love, war and ride-sharing.

Innovation accelerates and compounds. Each point in front of you is bigger than anything that ever happened.

Over the next 10 years, I expect many more industries to be disrupted by software, with new world-beating Silicon Valley companies doing the disruption in more cases than not.

Health care and education, in my view, are next up for fundamental software-based transformation.

A lot of things you want to do as part of daily life can now be done over the Internet.

People who tell computers what to do, and people who are told by computers what to do.

I'm sure I look like a drowned cat.""You look fine. The wet look works for you."I scowled. "Now I know you're lying.

Monetary policy does not work like a scalpel but more like a sledgehammer.

The most difficult character in comedy is that of the fool and he must be no simpleton that plays that part.

But mad people never die. That's a well-known fact. They've nothing to trouble them, and they live for ever.

Passion is the relentless pursuit of those life-enhancing activities or experiences that give our souls meaning.

There are always advancements that are happening with mining technology and the ability to detect gases or methane within the mine. Those things are moving forward every day.

God is in everything whether I'm mentioning him or not.

I personally stay away from natural foods. At my age I need all the preservatives I can get.

She who dwells with me whom I have loved with such communion, that no place on earth can ever be solitude to me.

Let us resolve to do the best we can with what we've got.