I believe in the power of cinema to change the world.

In the global economy, cultural differences are the biggest challenge and the biggest opportunity.

So what I want to argue for is not that we should give up on our ideas of success, but we should make sure that they are our own. We should focus in on our ideas, and make sure that we own them; that we are truly the authors of our own ambitions. Because it's bad enough not getting what you want, but it's even worse to have an idea of what it is you want, and find out, at the end of the journey, that it isn't, in fact, what you wanted all along.

I don't let the past hold me back. I let it propel me forward.

Quantum error correction is essential for building a scalable quantum computer.

The only way to do great work is to love what you do.

在策划别人的事时好像在策划自己的事，则思虑能周全。在策划自己的事时如同策划别人的事一样，则旁人能看清一切。

Learn how to tie a bowline knot. Practice in the dark. With one hand. For the rest of your life you’ll use this knot more times than you would ever believe.

Something deeply hidden had to be behind things.