Quotes from Paul Allen

As quickly as it started, our business model evaporated. But while Traf-O-Data was technically a business failure, the understanding of microprocessors we absorbed was crucial to our future success.

I believe in the power of shared data and technology to help build a better future.

Technology is notorious for engrossing people so much that they don't always focus on balance and enjoy life at the same time.

I'm a very private person that prefers a low profile.

I enjoy creating new ideas, working on new creative projects.

The brain is one of the richest green fields of science. There's so much yet to be discovered.

In the early days at Asymetrix, we were focusing on business automation.

All of us who care about the world going forward would like to engage the government more.

As an ex-programmer, I'm still just curious about how the brain functions, how that flow of information really happens.

I remember having pizza at Shakey's in Vancouver, Washington in 1973 and talking about the fact that eventually, everyone is going to be online and have access to newspapers and stuff, and wouldn't people be willing to pay for information on a computer terminal.

The human brain works in, so far, mysterious and wondrous ways that are completely different than the ways that computers calculate. Things like appetite or emotion, how do those function in the brain?

What people don't realize is the human body and the brain are so well designed to do - by millions of years of evolution - what we do.