If someone is always to blame, if every time something goes wrong someone has to be punished, people quickly stop taking risks. Without risks, there ….

In the space business, space had gotten very much to be the aerospace industry. This is something that governments only do and it's where the Boeings….

My father, who grew up picking olives on the Greek island of Lesbos, was a doctor. So my family expected me to become a physician..

Creating abundance [is] not about creating a life of luxury for everybody on this planet; it's about creating a life of possibility..

Many have built their careers buttressing the status quo, reinforcing what theyve already accomplished, and resisting the radical thinking that can t….

The question companies have to ask, or governments have to ask is, where do we allow crazy ideas to bubble up? Because if there is a failure, what ha….

When faced without a challenge, make one.

Humans are the worst control system to put in front of a car..

Bad news sells because the amygdala is always looking for something to fear..

We are not going to stop here on planet Earth. We're going to move out to other planetary bodies..

We have these 100 mms delays, you know, our attention is on our PDA, we're always in a rush. We drive around in these 4,000 pound metal wombs, these ….

We live in a world bathed in 5,000 times more energy than we consume as a species in the year, in the form of solar energy..

Super-ambitious goals tend to be unifying and energizing to people; but only if they believe there's a chance of success..

The only constant is change, and the rate of change is increasing..

Large companies and government agencies have a lot to protect and therefore are not willing to take big risks. A large company taking a risk can thre….

Life on Earth is at an ever-increasing risk of being wiped out by disaster. ... I think the human race doesn't have a future if it doesn't go into sp….

We are racing toward a world of abundance, and we are going to be increasing the quality of life for everyone on this planet. The world's biggest pro….

The quality of your life is a function of who you go through life with..

The folks who go after grand challenges are impatient. They're pissed off. They're sick and tired, but in a passionate way. They're driven by a fire ….

Technology is a resource-liberating force!.

I became very much, if I have to describe myself, I'm sort of a Libertarian Capitalist, and I was looking for, what's the economic engine that's goin….