“The greatest missile in the world is useless...unless it's targeted. A torpedo is adrift unless it has someplace to go. An arrow is pointless unless it hits something. So it's important for kids—for everyone, even if you fail at first—to target something and head in that direction. With all your might.”

“Pursue something so important that even if you fail, the world is better off with you having tried.”

“There is at least one important work to be done that will not be done unless you do it. ”

“Attempt something so big, that unless God intervenes, it's bound to fail.”

“It is impossible to live without failing at something, unless you live so cautiously that you might as well not have lived at all—in which case, you fail by default.”

“Electricity can be dangerous. My nephew tried to stick a penny into a plug. Whoever said a penny doesn't go far didn't see him shoot across that floor. I told him he was grounded.”

“It takes too much energy to be against something unless it's really important. ”