Challenges Quotes

In fact, batteries haven't improved over the last 100 years as much as they would need to in order to make that happen. So I'm invested in a lot of battery companies - and there's a lot that exists I'm... ...

You have to be willing to see that sometimes the governments of these poor countries don't come through. You have to think about that as a constraint. How do you help them be better? How do you come up with... ...

"Adversity introduces a man to himself."

“The most difficult thing I have ever had to do is follow the guidance I prayed for.”

My impression of the American people can be summarized by a quotation from Benjamin Franklin, Those things that hurt instruct! I realised that people in this part of the world meet their problems head on. They attempt to get out... ...

You wish that you could move more rapidly and you have setbacks. You know, the AIDS epidemic was a huge setback for Africa, and it's only through generosity that we've avoided that just completely crippling an entire generation there.

The most straightforward path would be if we could bring the cost of solar electric and wind down by another factor of say, three, and then have some miraculous storage solution, so that not only over the 24-hour day but... ...

Ninety percent of the cases of polio are in security-vulnerable areas.

The trouble with energy farming is that the energy isn't always where you want to use it, and it isn't always when you want to use it.

As much as I loved the art and discipline of the dance, it didn't love me!

I believe in being strong when everything seems to be going wrong

Life is a lot more fun if you treat its challenges in creative ways.