Innovation is so hard and so frustrating; it takes the intersections of people with courage, vision, and resources.

Some broad themes brought me where I am today. At a very young age, my hobby became thinking and finding connections.

Nobody expects that just because they've made computers better they're going to give them to you free.

The city needs a car like a fish needs a bicycle.

You have teenagers thinking they're going to make millions as NBA stars when that's not realistic for even 1 percent of them. Becoming a scientist or engineer is.

My biggest failure is I have too many to talk about.

Technology is how we create wealth, how we cure diseases, how we'll build an environment that's sustainable and also gives people the capacity to pull more out of this world and still leave it better than when they found it.

If history is any indication, all truths will eventually turn out to be false.

You have teenagers thinking they're going to make millions as NBA stars when that's not realistic for even 1 percent of them. Becoming a scientist or engineer is.

I've never had a business plan. Every project we've ever done was the intersection of somebody with a real need, a real passion to do something, and hustling.

Everybody has to be able to participate in a future that they want to live for. That's what technology can do.

Get used to dealing with failure as long as it doesn't hurt people around you, as long as it doesn't hurt you physically, or it doesn't hurt you so much that you can't pick yourself up.

I think an education is not only important, it is the most important thing you can do with your life.