I like friends who have independent minds because they tend to make you see problems from all angles.

Where people of goodwill get together and transcend their differences for the common good, peaceful and just solutions can be found even for those problems which seem most intractable.

If I could solve all the problems myself, I would.

I don't spend my time pontificating about high-concept things; I spend my time solving engineering and manufacturing problems.

Our celebration of difference needs to extend to differences of values and belief, too. Diversity includes political and cultural diversity. It includes a diversity of perspectives and approaches to solving problems. See, it's far too easy, with social media shaping our interactions, to engage only with people with whom we already agree - members of our tribe. Well, this world is and must be bigger than that. ... To let yourself be vulnerable to another point of view - that's what takes true courage. To open yourself to another's convictions, and risk being convinced, a little, or a lot, of the validity of their perspective.

There are no big problems, there are just a lot of little problems.