As an entrepreneur you have responsibilities in trying to operate well in what you have to do. There is a positive effect if you end up doing that. That's where I try to spend most of my efforts.

I learnt not to be desperate in bad times, and I am learning not to be bullish when times are good.

I am a big believer of what Darwin discovered in the Galapagos, proving that the species most responsive to change will survive over apparently stronger or more intelligent competitors.

I'm interested in avoiding two types of behaviour [in my children]: one is the sense of guilt and the other is a sense of entitlement. If these two are avoided, then the rest is up to them.

Artists have a sensibility that others don't have. They have a way of reading into the future.

Many things are linked to being able to live with uncertainty, ...with paradoxes. But this can be a strength of an organisation and a situation.

Sometimes not talking is effortless, and other times it’s more exhausting than lifting pianos.

S.T.O.P. = Start To Open Possibilities

Humanity is never so beautiful as when praying for forgiveness or else forgiving another.

The Bible tells us that the state of the world will grow darker as we near the end of the age.

Betrayal is common for men with no conscience.

oh well, is it hurting anyone? Because if its not and you’ve been given it, I’d as soon stop calling it a thing and start referring to it as a gift.

It takes time to ruin a world, but time is all it takes.

Ironically, when I was playing in my first band, I would deliberately not write down any lyrics. I have a really good memory and I would just keep them in my head.

I want to have the fun of doing anime and I love anime, but I can't do storyboards because I can't really draw and that's what they live and die on.

They envy the distinction I have won; let them therefore, envy my toils, my honesty, and the methods by which I gained it.