“Where everyone is connected, the game-changer – the force multiplier - is collaboration. Collaboration unleashes the power of the many to do together what none can do alone.”

“Being connected is important – but it’s no silver bullet. Technology can tip change, and speed it up. But if it were only about technology, the one with the best toys would always win.”

“I only have one life so I better waste it wisely.”

“Behind every good politician is a soft, cuddly teddy bear”

“Thinking is not a thing that can undo itself. It can never be its own solution.”

“Most people overestimate what they can do in one year and underestimate what they can do in ten years.”

“Sometimes, when we lose ourselves in fear and despair, in routine and constancy, in hopelessness and tragedy, we can thank God for Bavarian sugar cookies. And, fortunately, when there aren't any cookies, we can still find reassurance in a familiar hand on our skin, or a kind and loving gesture, or subtle encouragement, or a loving embrace, or an offer of comfort, not to mention hospital gurneys and nose plugs, an uneaten Danish, soft-spoken secrets, and Fender Stratocasters, and maybe the occasional piece of fiction. And we must remember that all these things, the nuances, the anomalies, the subtleties, which we assume only accessorize our days, are effective for a much larger and nobler cause. They are here to save our lives. I know the idea seems strange, but I also know that it just so happens to be true.”