Sebastian Thrun

I always felt that if countries knew each other better, there would be less war. Often, conflict goes with demonizing other countries and cultures.

Call me an optimist, but in the past 300 years we have built amazing technologies which - by and large - have advanced humanity.

We should have lifelong monitoring of our vital signs that predict things like skin or pancreatic cancer so we can eradicate it. We should have personalized medicine; there's a huge amount of innovation possible.

Innovation means change.

Few ideas work on the first try. Iteration is key to innovation.

Education should learn from the positive side of gaming - reward, accomplishment, and fun.

As a child, I spent a lot of time with things like Lego, building trains, cars, complex structures, and I really liked that.

We don't live in a world where any job lasts forever.

That's what Google taught me. Aim higher. Udacity is my playground - to radically experiment and find out. I've seen the light.

Top notch Indian employers such as Flipkart have hired Udacity Nanodegree graduates based solely on their performance in our programme, without any in-person interview.

Almost all accidents take place because of human distraction.

Google X is here to do moonshot-type projects. Not just shooting to the moon, but bringing the moon back to Earth.