"Leaders can let you fail and yet not let you be a failure." -Stanley McChrystal ted.com/talks/stanley_mcchry…

"Social networks are these intricate things of beauty, and they're so elaborate and so complex and so ubiquitous that one has to ask what purpose they serve." -Nicholas Christakis ted.com/talks/nicholas_chris…

"An interface can be a powerful narrative device. And as we collect more and more personally and socially relevant data, we have an opportunity, and maybe even an obligation, to maintain [our] humanity and tell some amazing stories." -Aaron Koblin ted.com/talks/aaron_koblin

"[Tim Berners-Lee] told me about his proposed system called the 'World Wide Web.' And I thought, well, that's got a pretentious name." -Ian Ritchie ted.com/talks/ian_ritchie_th…

"Time Warner has called and they want us all back on the couch, just consuming -- not producing, not sharing -- and we should say, 'No.'" -Clay Shirky ted.com/talks/defend_our_fre…

"Skin is the first line of defense -- our building skins should be more similar to human skin." -Doris Kim Sung ted.com/talks/doris_kim_sung…

"Magic makes possible today what science will make a reality tomorrow." -Marco Tempest ted.com/talks/marco_tempest_…

"Creativity requires the embrace of loss, the oldest and most constant of human experiences." -Julie Burstein ted.com/talks/julie_burstein…

"The effect of video games on the brain is very similar to the effect of wine on the health." -Daphne Bavelier ted.com/talks/daphne_bavelie…

"Planning is the kiss of death of entrepreneurship." -Ernesto Sirolli ted.com/talks/ernesto_siroll…

"You shouldn't tell people how to adapt. You should just nudge them in the right direction." -Jonas Eliasson ted.com/talks/jonas_eliasson…

"The future belongs to the curious" -Michael Karnjanaprakorn vimeo.com/34853044

"There's something poetic about using nuclear power to propel us to the stars, because the stars themselves are giant nuclear reactors." -Taylor Wilsen ted.com/talks/taylor_wilson_…

"People asked me, 'How did you make people pay for your music?' I didn't make them, I asked them." -Amanda Palmer ted.com/talks/amanda_palmer_…

"Sometimes science is like looking for a black cat in a dark room. It's difficult -- especially when there is no cat." -Stuart Firestein ted.com/talks/stuart_fireste…

"The answer is not to try to slow down technology. Humans need to race with the machine." -Erik Brynjolfsson ted.com/talks/erik_brynjolfs…

"Don't fake it till you make it. Fake it till you become it." -Amy Cuddy ted.com/talks/amy_cuddy_your…

"One of the greatest gifts you can give another human being who is going through adversity is hope." -Shaka Senghor ted.com/talks/shaka_senghor_…

"Growing your own food's like printing your own money. Gardening is my graffiti. I grow my art." -Ron Finley ted.com/talks/ron_finley_a_g…

"Visionaries not only believe that the impossible can be done, but that it must be done." -Bran Ferren ted.com/talks/bran_ferren_to…