All genuinely creative ideas are initially met with rejection, since they necessarily threaten the status quo. An enthusiastic reception for a new idea is a sure sign that it is not original.

Philosophy is like wine. There are good years and bad years but, in general, the older the better.

Nothing kills creativity faster than a wall.

Yes, failure is part of the mix, he says, but it is a means, not an end. If you fail repeatedly, and in the same manner, you're an idiot, not a genius.

The point is, the "best" technology or idea doesn't always prevail. Sometimes chance and the law of unintended consequences win out.

Ideas are like bananas. That bananas grow only in tropical regions doesn't make them any less delicious in Scandinavia.

First of all, nothing good ever came from a beanbag chair. Nothing. I am speaking from personal experience.

Geniuses are always marginalized to one degree or another. Someone wholly invested in the status quo is unlikely to disrupt it.

You can be as good as Rembrandt, but if no one discovers you, you will only be a genius in theory.

To describe yourself as an entrepreneur or a disrupter is as meaningless as describing yourself as an athlete or a thinker. Really? What sports do you play? What do you think about?

Everyone deserves to be in our fellowship

The adrenaline and stress of an adventure are better than a thousand peaceful days.

If you dare to dream you can create yourself again and again.

Should #‎ graffiti be judged on the same level as modern art? Of course not: It's way more important than that

I write nonfiction in this thriller-esque style. I have all the facts; I research it. I have thousands of pages of court documents... I try to get inside my stories.

Most people judge men by their success or their good fortune.

Never forget how beautiful you are.

Humility neither falls far, nor heavily.

When woman has a newspaper which fear and favor cannot touch, then it will be that she can freely write her own thoughts.

Big breakthroughs happen when what is suddenly possible meets what is desperately needed