The rumours of the demise of the U.S. manufacturing industry are greatly exaggerated.

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.

Communication without a specific focus is just noise. It achieves little beyond taking time and energy.

Home is where the heart is.

What would yo do for a piece of forever? What would you do to love more, feel more, and live more?

Angel dust blown a sunder, Nestling on the edge of unchartered dreams, Filtering the dileneation between ones desires & needs.

If you see the magic in a fairy tale, you can face the future.

Isn't it true that every aristocrat wants to die?

The Padres are really swinging some hot hats tonight!

I don't want you to describe to me—not ever—what you were doing to that poor boy to make him sound like that; but if you ever do it again, please cover his mouth with your hand.

I don't like critics; I really don't like them. I think most of them are ignorant and don't have a clue!

If you plant for a season, plant budgets. If you plant for a decade, plant reorganization, If you plant for a century, plant people