“You are always a little bit wrong”
— Hank GreenAs you get older, everything you do is a combination of success and failure. There is no absolute success and failure.
— Hank GreenPhilosophers spend a lot of time obsessing about knowledge, wishing they knew more, and worrying that they're wrong about what they think they know.
— Hank GreenI believe in the power of the Internet for good. It does connect people and allows for content for audiences that were being ignored.
— Hank GreenDon't feel bad about getting someone to click on something if the thing they're clicking on doesn't suck.
— Hank GreenRead books. Care about things. Get excited. Try not to be too down on yourself.
— Hank GreenHumanity is good. Some people are terrible and broken, but humanity is good. I believe that.
— Hank GreenWe are all differently broken, semi-functional, rusted-out love machines.
— Hank GreenWe only have a concept of self because of our ability to symbolically recall our past and stitch together a story of who we are.
— Hank GreenThe process is as powerful as the outcome, and the more you know, the more wonderful knowing becomes.
— Hank GreenThe landscape of professional creation continues to get more complex.
— Hank GreenIt's almost as if our society values opinion over knowledge.
— Hank GreenBravery is not strength in the face of a far lesser foe. Bravery is the exact opposite of that.
— Hank GreenBy forming our language, culture very literally controls our thoughts. We can't think with words that we don't have.
— Hank GreenYouTube's growth exploded in 2006. Ian and Anthony of Smosh, who began uploading in late 2005, were among the platform's top native stars.
— Hank GreenIf humans are 7 billion earthquakes on the planet, I want to think less about how big my shake is, more about what my shake does and who I shake it with.
— Hank GreenUnderneath the emotional skin that we create and show to the world, we are all very different.
— Hank GreenThink of people as people, not problems that need to be solved.
— Hank GreenHow often do I make Chemistry jokes? Periodically. I actually told one the other day... There was no reaction.
— Hank GreenThe best of you can hope to have been taught to learn; to yearn for more that you'll still have to earn.
— Hank GreenWe have to take notice of the amazing creations of our own age and consider what the greatest cultural legacy would be.
— Hank Green