The tech community is a closely knit group, which is why it's so powerful. All of these companies have an affinity for each other, even if they compete with each other.

Any time is a good time to start a company.

As a founder you have to build a team some day, so why not start the day you found the company?

You don't need a business plan. You don't need to have an MBA. All you need is a great idea. Anything is possible and you can accomplish it.

Now the tech community is popping up and saying, 'We do need to be involved in our surroundings.'

Have a huge work ethic, be ambitious, aggressive, tough.

By working to ensure we live in a society that prioritizes public safety, education, and innovation, entrepreneurship can thrive and create a better world for all of us to live in.

Entrepreneurs, because they need money, they are willing to share their crystal ball with someone like me. That's the best thing ever.

As the tech industry continues to grow and sprout successful startups across the country, it is important that we understand our responsibility to affect positive change in our communities.

I really don't have a lot of interest in national politics, and it's because I'm a skeptic. I think you can accomplish a lot more locally. I don't want to spin the wheels and not get anything done.

I never said I enjoy anything about using the Internet. I enjoy helping the entrepreneurs who are building this thing that I don't necessarily like or use.

A truly happy woman drives some men and almost every other woman absolutely crazy

Only stagnant people get stuck because they don't attempt to move at all.

We all need a place that we can go, And feel over the rainbow

Fiction structures an experience for the reader to live through. ... That is why people read: to have experiences.

The important thing is for the characters to feel real, and to be given the humanity they are due. That granting of humanity is what separates a full portrait from a stereotype.

Man, you can come see me six or seven times in a row and you'll never see the same show twice, because I don't like to be robotic onstage. I like to perform for that particular audience.

Word to the Nation: Guard zealously your right to serve in the Armed Forces, for without them, there will be no other rights to guard.

The wonderful thing about Jazz is its willingness to take chances.

Beauty grows in you to the extent that love grows, because charity itself is the soul's beauty.

The human spirit lies open to God alone, for it is a fathomless depth.