“We have no control over the outcome of anything. Like the planet and global warming, we don't control that. If politicians want a war we don't control that. Acts of terrorism, we can't control them.”
War
“We all rely on technology to communicate, to survive, to do our banking, to shop, to get informed, but none of us knows how to read and write the code.”
TechnologyAll Quotes by will.i.am
“My mom's never been married. I've never even seen my mom kiss a dude.”
Mom“You can rule ignorance you can manipulate the illiterate you can do whatever you want when a people are uneducated, so that goes in line with corrupt business and corrupt politics.”
Business“Romantic love is painful.”
Romantic“I don't want to hope anymore. I don't think we should hope anymore. We hoped enough. Now we have to do. We all have to do now.”
Hope“Most of these people who are celebrities now don't do anything to deserve it, so by that fact alone, I don't want to be one.”
Alone“It should be mandatory that you understand computer science.”
Science“Eisenhower warned us about the military-industrial complex and the damage it could do to society.”
Society“If Apple's a technology company in the music industry, why can't somebody in the music industry make technology?”
Technology“Disco is the first technology music. And what I mean is that 'disco' music is named after discs, because when technology grew to where they didn't need a band in the clubs, the DJ played it on a disc.”
Technology“I remember when I was 11, I told my mom, 'One day I'm going to buy you a house.' And she said, 'Boy, don't you be making promises you can't keep.' I was like: 'No, Ma, it's not a promise. I'm going to buy you a house one day.'”
Mom“As we develop and get quicker with technology in America, it's like we're downgrading if you look at the investment in education... that's the thing that worries me.”
Education“My mom's discipline worked out perfectly. I wouldn't change a thing.”
Mom“Not many people give you a vision of what the future will bring.”
Future“Politics are about preserving relationships at the end of the day, and it has nothing to do with the greater good for humanity. It's just all about business.”
Business“If you would ask my mom what books I liked growing up, I liked Dr. Seuss.”
Mom“There are five issues that make a fist of a hand that can knock America out cold. They're lack of jobs, obesity, diabetes, homelessness, and lack of good education.”
Education“If you live in a ghetto and really want not to just change your life and your family's life but change your ghetto's life, make your ghetto a good neighbourhood, learn science try to be like Mark Zuckerberg, Bill Gates and Steve Jobs.”
Family“When I got into junior high school, that's when my mom let me dress how I wanted to dress. Up to that point I wore suits to school all the time.”
Mom“If you really want change, you really want it to be inclusive, where everyone's included, otherwise you're just going to have more of the same in the future.”
Future