“The technology needed for an early Internet-connection implant is no more than 25 years off. Imagine that you could understand any language, remember every joke, solve any equation, get the latest news, balance your checkbook, communicate with others, and have near-instant access to any book ever published, without ever having to leave the privacy of yourself.”

“Remember, if you ever need a helping hand, it's at the end of your arm, as you get older, remember you have another hand: The first is to help yourself, the second is to help others.”

“People live longer today than they ever have. They live happier lives, they have more knowledge, they have more information. All this is the result of communications technology and the tools with which man has equipped himself. How is any of that bad?”

“Can you ever "solve" poverty? Can you ever "solve" crime? Can you ever "solve" disease, unemployment, war, or any other societal herpes? Hell no.”

“Laugh at yourself, but don't ever aim your doubt at yourself. Be bold. When you embark for strange places, don't leave any of yourself safely on shore. Have the nerve to go into unexplored territory.”

“Every day when you leave your home you give away more than you could ever imagine about who you are and what you do.”

“If I have ever made any valuable discoveries, it has been due more to patient attention, than to any other talent”

“I cannot imagine life without books any more than I can imagine life without breathing.”

“I've ever said anything wrong against any religion? Any religious book? Any prophet? Any god? Do you have any single sentence?”

“Using the power of decision gives you the capacity to get past any excuse to change any and every part of your life in an instant.”