A lot of things in history are timing, and it's very peculiar because in retrospect things [and] people can look more brilliant or necessary than they actually were.

You must always be prepared to place a bet on yourself, on your future, by heading in a direction that others seem to fear.

Never waste valuable time, or mental peace of mind, on the affairs of others—that is too high a price to pay.

True genius, in strategy or anywhere, lies in self-control, self-mastery, presence of mind, fluidity of thought.

Mastery is not a function of genius or talent. It is a function of time and intense focus applied to a particular field of knowledge.

Mistakes and failures are precisely your means of education. They tell you about your own inadequacies.

Be Royal in your Own Fashion: Act like a King to be treated

It is in fact the height of selfishness to merely consume what others create and to retreat into a shell of limited goals and immediate pleasures.

The world wants to assign you a role in life. And once you accept that role you are doomed.

Lord, protect me from my friends; I can take care of my enemies.

No moment is wasted if you pay attention and learn the lessons contained in every experience.

Nature a, (ce crains-je) elle mesme attaché à l'homme quelque instinct à l'inhumanité

Life Would've Been Easier If The People Had Crushes On Jesus Christ.. Not Other People.

At Twitter, mobile is in our DNA ... For us, it's all about mobile, and it always has been.

Too much has been forgotten in the name of memory.

I'm grateful for everything I have. I'm grateful for it all. I'm grateful for love most of all because I have a lot of it in my life.

In the world of minor lunacy the behaviour of both the utterly rational and the totally insane seems equally odd.

I believe that music is another form of news. Music is another form of journalism to me. So I have to cover all the areas.

It seemed to me that people do a rather good job of creating levels of hell all by themselves, and this was something worth writing about.

Some might say they don't believe in heaven Go and tell it to the man who lives in hell.

The trouble with learning to parent on the job is that your child is the teacher.