“The only way to engineer the future tomorrow is to have lived in it yesterday.”

Our job is not to answer questions, its to ask the right questions…that get us to the right answer.

The fundamental thing about sketching is that it isabout asking not telling

The diversity of web browsers tomorrow will match the diversity of ink browsers (aka paper) today

Always be a beginner at something.

When we have this description, of what a sketch is, itsattributes, we can then start inventing new things thatshare those attributes, and therefore improve our currenttechnics by inventing new and better tools that help ussketch.

If I can see it, it’s a failure

My thesis [is] that in order to design a tool, we must make our best efforts to understand the larger social and physical context within which it is intended to function

If history is any indication, we should assume that any technology that is going to have a significant impact over the next 10 years is already 10 years old!

It’s not easy to find your own way when you believe that you need love, approval, appreciation, or anything from your family. It’s particularly hard when you want them to see things your way.

Habits, scientists say, emerge because the brain is constantly looking for ways to save effort.

What we eat is the one simplest way to declare who we are – the table reflects our values with a clarity that few other theaters of human behaviour posses.

I think in many ways, the Spanish Civil War was the first battle of World War II.

The way to truly help someone is for me to not get immersed in their suffering.

Not everyone wants to live forever, but every culture has always desired immortality in one way or another.

There’s no way that a clear mind can live an unhappy life.

What studies say the number one best way to start an exercise habit is to give yourself a reward that you genuinely enjoy.