These days, the problem isn't how to innovate; it's how to get society to adopt the good ideas that already exist.

The rate at which a person can mature is directly proportional to the embarrassment he can tolerate.

The better we get at getting better, the faster we will get better.

The key thing about all the world's big problems is that they have to be dealt with collectively. If we don't get collectively smarter, we're doomed.

Boosting mankind's capability for coping with complex, urgent problems

It would be wonderful if I can inspire others, who are struggling to realize their dreams, to say 'if this country kid could do it, let me keep slogging away'.

Sometimes I apologize. It started that way and we never did change it.

This last best luck of all: that earth should gape for me when my great deeds were ended.

Inside the car Colin was getting thrashed about. Colin was crying out in pain as he could feel his bones breaking deep within his body. Colin’s SUV was rolling over and over and over endlessly.

A lot of people who start work at a very young age never grow up because they never got that opportunity to be a child, so they hold on to that and still do a lot of childish, silly things.

KING, n. A male person commonly known in America as a "crowned head," although he never wears a crown and has usually no head to speak of.

Cucumber and bergamot," Clary said. "Is there anything else you hate that I ought to know about?" Jace looked at Dorothea over the rim of his teacup. "Liars," he said.

A Passage to India. It is my favourite movie.

Wisdom is one of the few things in human life that does not diminish with age.

Performances have a bit of a life and a time scale to themselves.

If I exorcise my devils, all my angels may go, too.

Fear him, whom you hate.