17 quotes found
"I'd have to think about that a lot more and probably study a little bit more. But the easy first answer is the United States. The idea that you have a nation started with what you could term a fork. So a fork from the United Kingdom in terms of the American revolution, definitely went through some bumpy parts along the way but sort of ended up as one of the freest places in the world. Especially in regards to speech and property ownership rights and the democratic system. It isn't perfect, but is one of the best things out there. One of the things that I love is the equality of opportunity where its a meritocracy. It's not as important who you are, but it's more what you do. You can have a huge amount of opportunity and the ability to succeed regardless of what you've done before or been involved in."
"There's no financial aspect to stats."
"Technology is closing the gap between what one can imagine and what one can do and as a result the equality of opportunity is unmatched in human history."
"The first 3 years the focus would be entirely on [...] building a rock solid infrastructure."
"My own personal dream is that the majority of the web runs on open source software."
"Usage is like oxygen for ideas."
"We are much better at writing code than haiku."
"I don’t have a Wikiquotes page."
"Get the 1.0 out as soon as possible...even if it sucks."
"What would I do [with Apple]? I'd shut it down and give the money back to the shareholders."
"Try never to be the smartest person in the room. And if you are, I suggest you invite smarter people … or find a different room.."
"You don't have to be a genius or a visionary or even a college graduate to be successful. You just need a framework and a dream."
"Every technology creates good and bad. You can sit here and say, "AI is really bad, we shouldn't have AI" - that's nonsense. We have to figure out how to use it in a responsible way, that's our job."
"I love this idea of human-machine partnerships because in my mind it’s always been very clear. It’s not about humans or machines, it’s about humans and machines."
"We have a long history here of integrating the technologies closer together. This is what customers have been asking us to do. It is what we are doing. It is working extremely well. There is much, much more to come here."
"I do think a founder has special permission to make sweeping changes across an organization."
"I remember one day in August of 2003 I made the decision to become (near) vegan and that once the decision was made I felt great emotional alignment within my heart. I knew this was the right thing for me to do and I also knew that I was making a decision that I would be committed to for the rest of my life. At last my beliefs and my ethics had come into alignment."