Paul Allen : (8)

" My mother, God bless her, forced me to take touch typing when I was 16. " - Paul Allen

" I grew up around books. When I first held the book and it was a substantive, tangible thing, and I thought of all the work that went into it, not just my work but everybody else’s and the research and so forth, there’s a sense of really have done something worthwhile. " - Paul Allen

" As a species, we’ve always been discoverers and adventurers, and space and the deep ocean are some of the last frontiers. " - Paul Allen

" At one point, I was the youngest owner in major league sports. " - Paul Allen

" As someone who was basically a software engineer for many years, I became fascinated with how the brain functions and is put together and works in such a different fashion than computers do. " - Paul Allen

" Those fortunate to achieve great wealth should put it to work for the good of humanity. " - Paul Allen

" It’s always interesting to bring scientists together, because they typically have very polarized views. " - Paul Allen

" I was the center on our fraternity team, but I was a center-eligible, so I was known for my ability to go out, and I was pretty sure-handed catching a pass in the flat about ten yards down the field. My father played high school football and was pretty good. He also played center, so I always relished the idea that we both ended up playing center. " - Paul Allen