Sebastian Thrun

“You can learn for your own sake, and that's fine, but if you come to Udacity, you learn because you want someone else to understand what you learned.”

“At the end of the day, the true value proposition of education is employment.”

“I literally worked at research labs where the staff really tried to steer management away from the modern technology that was actually better.”

“That's what Google taught me. Aim higher. Udacity is my playground - to radically experiment and find out. I've seen the light.”

“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.”

“I'd really love to see a business model for higher education going forward that is actually affordable, that uses modern technology to reach scale and quality and that really reimburses the services rendered in a way that's meaningful to everybody.”

“Less than one percent of U.S. college students attend Ivy League schools, and these students don't necessarily reflect the world's brightest and most capable thought leaders but, rather, the people who've been afforded the most opportunities to succeed.”

“I have a strong disrespect for authority and for rules. Including gravity. Gravity sucks.”

“The last thing I want my robot to be is sarcastic. I want them to be pragmatic and reliable - just like my dishwasher.”

“To me, mathematics, computer science, and the arts are insanely related. They're all creative expressions.”

“We should have lifelong monitoring of our vital signs that predict things like skin or pancreatic cancer so we can eradicate it. We should have personalized medicine; there's a huge amount of innovation possible.”