Bad improvisers block action, often with a high degree of skill. Good improvisers develop action.

The visionary starts with a clean sheet of paper, and re-imagines the world.

We don't know where our first impressions come from or precisely what they mean, so we don't always appreciate their fragility.

The great accomplishment of Jobs's life is how effectively he put his idiosyncrasies - his petulance, his narcissism, and his rudeness - in the service of perfection.

If everyone has to think outside the box, maybe it is the box that needs fixing.

The successful are those who have been given opportunities.

An aggressive drug-testing program would cut down on certain abuses, but its never going to catch everyone - or even close to everyone.

There will be statues of Bill Gates across the Third World. There's a reasonable shot that - because of his money - we will cure malaria.

Outlier are those who have been given opportunities-- -and who have had the strength and presence of mind to seize them.

When you're an underdog, you're forced to try things you would never otherwise have attempted.

If we are to learn to improve the quality of the decisions we make, we need to accept the mysterious nature of our snap judgments.

If you want to lead an extraordinary life, find out what the ordinary do–and don't do it.

Happiness is not in the amount of money we make ……it is in the good things we do to better mankind.

Religious fanaticism is the most dangerous form of insanity.

006 was such an interesting character and the film really explored his friendship with Bond and how it all went wrong, so it was a very personal journey for both characters.

I tend to write first thing, and then do my drawing later. I like to draw at night. But often I go for long stretches without drawing, because I'm trying to figure out what I'm writing.

Whoever will give sadaqa, his wealth will increase.

A cup that is already full cannot have more added to it. In order to receive the further good, we must give of that which we have.

The road to hell is paved with works-in-progress.

It's like reading a book about a life that you will never occupy, but that's the beauty of being transported.

If you have an advantage, you have to take advantage of it.