"If you set goals and go after them with all the determination you can muster, your gifts will take you places that will amaze you."

"A lot of people do not muster the courage to live their dreams because they are afraid to die."

"We were all born with a certain degree of power. The key to success is discovering this innate power and using it daily to deal with whatever challenges come our way."

"Just because Fate doesn't deal you the right cards, it doesn't mean you should give up. It just means you have to play the cards you get to their maximum potential."

"Robots are interesting because they exist as a real technology that you can really study - you can get a degree in robotics - and they also have all this pop-culture real estate that they take up in people's minds."

"I think it's useful, as a famous person, to have as little separation between the perception of you and how you really are - because otherwise I'd be sitting here thinking I'm keeping secrets, and wondering when you're going to find out."

"It is a enduring truth that reason is the torch that illuminates the dark corridors of superstition."

"He who understands his own mind is never bewildered by the complexities of the world. Let this simple maxim guide your daily deeds."