The more angels we have in Silicon Valley, the better. We are funding innovation. We are funding the next Facebook, Google, and Twitter.

I never said I enjoy anything about using the Internet. I enjoy helping the entrepreneurs who are building this thing that I don't necessarily like or use.

Tech people like to stick to their knitting, and they measure their accomplishments by the growth of their company. Now the tech community is popping up and saying, 'We do need to be involved in our surroundings.'

Facebook is becoming the web. Everything you need is there... it is the universe.

In my generation, there was no sushi school, no cooking school, so people have to learn from working.

You can't have a competitive, egalitarian meritocracy if only some of your citizens have the opportunity for a good education.

On the diffusion of education among the people rest the preservation and perpetuation of our free institutions.

Somewhere in Rwanda, a rural farmer is dreaming of providing an education for her children. Not just high school, but maybe even a university degree. Such a dream used to seem out of reach.