“A mind set in its ways is wasted. Don't do it.”

“There is a mistake technical and scientific people make. We think that if we have made a clever and thoughtful argument, based on data and smart analysis, then people will change their minds. This ...”

“If you can't tell someone how to think, then you have to learn to manage the environment where they think.”

“People are good at intuition, living our lives. What are computers good at? Memory.”

“Your car should drive itself. It's amazing to me that we let humans drive cars... It's a bug that cars were invented before computers.”

“People assume that computers will do everything that humans do. Not good. People are different from each other and they are all really different from computers.”

“I don't view Twitter as a promotional tool but as a really, really, really cool cocktail party.”

“From a commercial point of view, if Christmas did not exist it would be necessary to invent it.”

“The view of Earth is spectacular.”

“In love the paradox occurs that two beings become one and yet remain two.”

“There are two theories on hitting the knuckleball. Unfortunately, neither of them works.”

“I'm fortunate to be famous for two rather imposing characters like Magneto and Gandalf.”

“Well, I'm not a big sports fan.”

“I'm a Luddite with computers, and I'm slightly worried about being hacked as well.”

“Canadians are very well behaved, they don't throw their food.”