Adults tell students that it gets better, that the world changes after school, that being 'different' will pay off sometime after graduation. But no one explains to them why.
I believe the world economy will crash when Russia or China moves to a gold-backed currency. They know that when this thing blows, the old law returns: he with most gold makes the rules.
Well, the United States will continue to be a world leader in wireless communications.
If you interview world leaders, everybody will say they are for free trade. But what they mean by it and what they do when they say they are pro free trade, you have to watch and see.
To those acting against peace, civilization and the world order: We will oppose you.
Germany will either be a world power or will not be at all.
When we race in London a world record will be the last thing on our minds.
On the world stage, Donald Trump will lead from strength.
Illinois and Chicago have shown they can compete on the world stage, and we will continue to answer the challenge.
Market capitalism survived and prospered after the boom-bust industrial revolution of the 19th century, and the Great Depression and world wars of the 20th century. It will recover from the financial panic of 2008-09 and Obamanomics.
Thirdly, as we move through this process of integrating the communications, we will begin to emulate more of the World Wide Web in our work in the future.
At Rackspace, I'm building a media house which will celebrate small teams who are having world-wide impacts through their building or use of new technology.
European-style interventions to which the Obama administration is inclined will not make America more competitive in the world-wide economy. Such policies will not increase growth, will not decrease unemployment, and will not increase wages for workers.
The revolutionary process by which all books, old and new, in all languages, will soon be available digitally, at practically no cost for storage and delivery, to a radically decentralized world-wide market at the click of a mouse, is irreversible.
If men cease to believe that they will one day become gods then they will surely become worms.
I was in the military for over 40 years, and one of the principles I kept with me was that there's an expectation globally that the U.S. will lead. Questions about that expectation have certainly risen in recent years. The fact that there's even a question about that is worrisome to me, and I think needs to be for a lot of people.
If I have any lasting worth, it will be because I have tried to make people remember what the Earth is meant to look like.
Believe that life is worth living and your belief will help create the fact.
Don't take for granted that the worthiness of your cause will win you allies; bring it down to a scale that people can relate to.
You must realize that one day you will die. Until then you are worthless.
