The worst thing in the world is to be bland.

Human nature has a tendency to admire complexity but reward simplicity.

The fact of the matter is that the Internet has brought together millions of people who trust one another for reasons that are unknown.

The Internet's a big enough place for everybody to be happy.

Get away from the place that makes you feel comfortable with your depression. The reality is it's never as bad as the insanity you've created in your head.

I'm always throwing out ideas, so it's not creativity, it's just volume.

We tell ourselves we're here to be flexible and to be nimble, and not necessarily to stick to a master plan.

Only those who live forever can act like there's time to waste.

The awesome part about The Book of Awesome is the realization that if you enjoy the simple moments in your life, you will be happier.

Journalism is a craft that takes years to learn. It's like golf. You never get it right all the time. It's a game of fewer errors, better facts, and better reporting.

There will be positive and negative references with everything we do in life. At best we can simply hope that overtime, the positive outweighs the negative.

Learn the difference between a person that would have never given up on you and a person you pushed away.

Don't fight with the pillow but lay down your head And kick every worriment out of the bed.

Fluid intelligence doesn't look much like the capacity to memorise and recite facts, the skills that people have traditionally associated with brainpower.

I was bold in the pursuit of knowledge, never fearing to follow truth and reason to whatever results they led, and bearding every authority which stood in their way.

Bravery is knowledge of the cowardice of the enemy.

I avoid grandiose plans. I start with a small piece that I can do. I go to the root of the problem and then work around it. It's building brick by brick.

While in theory randomness is an intrinsic property, in practice, randomness is incomplete information.

On gym days, I don't get to my desk until 4 in the afternoon, and everything except bedtime and the appointment with the liquid narcotic is pushed back a bit.

Churchill says the Government had to choose between war and shame. They chose shame. They will get war, too.