I wanted to build something that was my own, something I could point to and say: I made that.

Phil Knight

Greatness is not a function of circumstance. Greatness, it turns out, is largely a matter of conscious choice.

Jim Collins

I always look for interesting bits of overlooked sci-fi, sometimes for ideas, but also to know what might happen.

Max Levchin, Affirm

Progress does not march forward like an army on parade; it crawls on its belly like a guerrilla.

Michael Lewis

This made me think differently about intelligence, consciousness, and how the mind evolves from simple systems.

Amjad Masad, Replit

Kay remained preoccupied with a lesson he had assimilated from Marshall McLuhan: Once humans shape their tools, they turn around and ‘reshape us.’

Michael A. Hiltzik

If we want to be more like Leonardo, we have to be fearless about changing our minds based on new information.

Walter Isaacson

The idea that most people who require help are born poor and will always be poor…is increasingly out of whack with the facts.

Jonathan Morduch