Design is not just what it looks like and feels like. Design is how it works.

Technology alone is not enough — it's technology married with liberal arts, married with the humanities, that yields us the results that make our heart sing.

Remembering that you are going to die is the best way I know to avoid the trap of thinking you have something to lose.

I'm convinced that about half of what separates successful entrepreneurs from unsuccessful ones is pure perseverance.

You can't connect the dots looking forward; you can only connect them looking backwards. So you have to trust that the dots will somehow connect in your future.

If you don't give up, you still have a chance. Giving up is the greatest failure.

-- Jack Ma

A ship in port is safe, but that's not what ships are built for.

-- Grace Hopper

Open the shoji screen and look outside; the world is vast.

-- Sakichi Toyoda

The pursuit of science has often been compared to the scaling of mountains.

-- Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar

I think that if you shake the tree, you ought to be around when the fruit falls to pick it up.

-- Mary Cassatt

The trouble with people is that they love playing teacher to others.

-- Mencius