Top 136 Quotes & Sayings by Sebastian Thrun - Page 3

People complain about the rich-and-poor divide. It's crazy, no doubt about it. But what gets me is that today, a billionaire or head of state on their smartphone has the same direct access to information as a homeless person has on a smartphone - or a person in Bangladesh or Papua New Guinea.

I had been an academic all my life. As academics, you tend to believe the smartest people are in academia.

At Udacity, we always strive to make things better and learn from our mistakes.

When I turned 18, I lost my best friend to a car accident.

Obviously, a lot of non-profits live on donations, and that's a wonderful thing. But higher education can't exist on donations only because, if that were the case, we would have a hard time paying teachers adequate salaries.

There's a lot to be learned about how digital media, the ability to reach anybody any time, really transforms the peer interaction experience in education at large.

Almost everything interesting hasn't been invented yet.

The biggest invention of modern time is the book. The book is a digital medium; book text is written in a different form and replicable. What it really does is it allows us to replicate cultural information, scientific technology, and information out of the human brain.

I wanted to participate in the political responsibilities of an American citizen. I wanted to vote. I wanted to be a full member of the American community. I made America my home country. It's my identity in many ways.

There are few moments in my life where I really remember what I was doing.

I envision a future without traffic accidents or congestion. A future where everyone can use a car.

Its a no-brainer for me that at some point our cars will have the ability to drive themselves.

People mainly fail because they fear failure.

The Inventor Of Google Glass Says It Could Outsource Our Brains

My process is learn, decide, and do. I've never seen a problem that couldn't be solved this way.

In 50 years, there will be only 10 institutions in the world delivering higher education and Udacity has a shot at being one of them.