"You want to have a future where you're expecting things to be better, not one where you're expecting things to be worse."

"Don't delude yourself into thinking something's working when it's not, or you're gonna get fixated on a bad solution."

"Starting a business is not for everyone. Starting a business is like eating glass and staring into the abyss."

"I think AI is the single biggest existential crisis that we face."

"I must not write a word to you about politics, because you are a woman."

"Tony Blair - good thing there are not parliamentary elections in this country."

"Politics disgusts me."

"He who conquers his inner doubts has already won half the war — an essential principle for the reflective life."