“If you have 50 different plug types, appliances wouldn't be available ...” — Bill Gates Quote

“If you have 50 different plug types, appliances wouldn't be available and would be very expensive. But once an electric outlet becomes standardized, many companies can design appliances, and competition ensues, creating variety and better prices for consumers.”

“I think when smallpox was eliminated, the whole world got pretty excited about that because it's just such a dramatic success.”

“I have been struck again and again by how important measurement is to improving the human condition.”

“Design and technology should be the subject where mathematical brainboxes and science whizzkids turn their bright ideas into useful products.”

“I decided to go to school for advertising and graphic design. That was what I was gonna do but acting is that thing, it's like a splinter in your mind and you can't get rid of it. So I decided to move to L.A. a few years ago and it just snowballed into this thing called 'The Hunger Games.'”

“Modern design becomes the eye catcher because it's out of context, it is something newborn and fresh, something people have never seen before. I mean, that in itself is the way we should sort of stimulate the senses of society, this urban condition.”