Life in the state of nature is solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and short.
The main difference between me and other people who have amassed this kind of money is that I am primarily interested in ideas, and not in making money.
Curiosity is the driving force behind every great scientific advancement.
I'm not a perfectionist, but I like to feel that things are done well. More important than that, I feel an endless need to learn, to improve, to evolve.