There is so much poverty and desperation in South Sudan, and yet each side is militarily equipped.
The smallest thought could not exist unless the entire universe and the laws of physics were in some way encouraging it.
Humans are the reproductive organs of technology.
The only factor becoming scarce in a world of abundance is human attention.
What technology is really about is better ways to evolve. That is what we call an 'infinite game. '. . . A finite game is played to win, and an infinite game is played to keep playing.
Willingness to learn is important, but willingness to act on what you learn is critical.
It's generally much easier to kill an organization than to change it substantially.
There are those, of course, who claim we must give up freedom in exchange for economic progress. Well, pardon me, but anyone trying to sell you that line is no better than a three-card-trick man. One thing becoming more clear every day is that freedom and progress go hand in hand. Throughout the developing world, people are rejecting socialism because they see that it doesn't empower people, it impoverishes them.
Women can be vivacious. We are allowed more varieties of facial expression and gestures. Men must be rocklike.
A few of the artists knew my name, because I have an unusual name, from Rolling Stone.
I cannot find a faithful message-bearer," he wrote to his friend, the scholar Atticus. "How few are they who are able to carry a rather weighty letter without lightening it by reading.