And if you don't have your ears open, you're not going to be able to figure out what you should be doing.

Just being the seeker, somebody whose open to spiritual enlightenment, is in itself the important thing and it's the reward for being a seeker in this world.

I hope that some day scientists can be considered heroes again, instead of Paris Hilton.

Here’s to the crazy ones. The misfits. The rebels. The troublemakers. The round pegs in the square holes. The ones who see things differently.

It's about doing something larger than yourself. It's about serving this world, helping others.

...never let a passion for the perfect take precedence over pragmatism.

i had no idea what i wanted to do with my life and no idea how college was going to help me figure it out.

One way to remember who you are is to remember who your heroes are.

People who know what they’re talking about don’t need PowerPoint.

Picasso had a saying - 'good artists copy, great artists steal' - and we have always been shameless about stealing great ideas.

If you act like you can do something, then it will work.

Life is based on leverage. The more you know how to leverage life, the more successful you will become.

Much of this world's wisdom is still acquired by necromancy,--by consulting the oracular dead.

If you find someone with wisdom, good judgment, and good actions; make him a companion.

The strangest thing about strange things is that they're only strange when you hear about them or think about them later, but never when you're living them.

The winner's margin of victory also matters. If it's a squeaker, that will make the lessons learned for both parties much murkier.

I am apt to be harsh in my secret judgments of others, seeing them as defective because they are not enough like me.

I've not been cursed with talent, which could be a great inhibitor.

European affairs are no longer reserved for the executive.

I can still put down some pretty nasty stuff on paper, which is what I enjoy doing.