Quotes from Yuri Milner

The problem is that modern fundamental physics is so far from you and me. The mathematics has become so much more complicated that you need at least 10 years to understand it. Fundamental physics has advanced so far from the understanding of most people that there is really a big disconnect.

The largest newspaper in the United States is only reaching 1 percent of population. We are kind of assuming that 'Wall Street Journal,' 'USA Today,' and other newspapers are very important. Yes, they're extremely important, but only to 1 percent of the population on a daily basis.

Facebook is a platform inside a platform.

There is huge demand for artificial intelligence technologies.

There is huge demand for artificial intelligence technologies.

Facebook is at the forefront. It's the company that can fundamentally change the way information is being exchanged and processed. It can be the basis for artificial intelligence to develop over time.

You know among people who kind of travel a lot and have exposure to the United States and some other countries, they do have accounts, but you know, Russia is not exactly the place with multiple language skills so local networks kind of have an edge.

Facebook now is mostly about people you know. In the future it could be about people you know less but are more important.

I think top scientists need to be compensated at a different scale in society. Somebody with experience will tell you that true scientists are not motivated by money - they are motivated by the quest itself. That is true. But I think an additional recognition will not hurt.

I must analyze, from what I do now, what will be the impact two or three or five years in the future. What is the statement I want to make?

You have to travel globally today to know what's going on and maintain an edge.

Facebook is at the forefront. It's the company that can fundamentally change the way information is being exchanged and processed. It can be the basis for artificial intelligence to develop over time.

Kai-Fu's Innovation Works is the top very-early-stage fund in China. We are proud to be an investor, and hope that IW will help to produce in China companies on the scale of Facebook, Zynga, or Groupon.

Facebook didn't know how successful Zynga would be.

Facebook can be an accumulation of different intelligences.

I think there's a time to be private and a time to be public, and I think that companies like Facebook and Groupon are basically transformational companies. You don't come across them very often, and I'm pretty sure that they can continue to grow for a long time even being public.

There is a significant momentum behind the social Internet. A wide range of public investors were very enthusiastic about that.

The company that creates one global social graph will be very important going forward. It will be Facebook, with maybe 2-3 local social networks able to sustain competition long term.

I have this ratio that if you divide age of entrepreneur by market cap of company. For Facebook it's one. Every year of his life Zuckerberg has been making $1 billion for investors.

It's not about revenues: The fundamental economics in digital business is scale and margins. The top line has become the bottom line.

The hardware and the software used in the Breakthrough project will be compatible with other telescopes around the world, so they too can search for intelligent life.

You have to travel globally today to know what's going on and maintain an edge.

My background is in theoretical physics, and it's something very close to my heart.

Google never knew how successful key words would be. Facebook didn't know how successful Zynga would be.