“In my son's kindergarten, they're telling us how to get him into Stanford. By th…” — Sebastian Thrun

I care about education for everyone, not just the elite.

If you look at the ability of a self-driving car to stay in the lane and not to speed and keep a good distance to the car in front of you, it actually does better than me.

I learned to basically pull my own weight, just do my own thing. I spent a lot of time alone and I loved it. It was actually really great because to the present day I love spending time alone. I go bicycling alone, go climbing alone and I just love being with myself and observing myself and learning something.

If we could do away with traffic accidents, that'd be wonderful. There'd be more than a million people saved every year on this planet.