Canada sets aside 36 percent of their visas for people with skills they think their country needs. We set aside six percent. We educate the doctors, and then don't give 'em a green card.

Being an entrepreneur isn't really about starting a business. It's a way of looking at the world: seeing opportunity where others see obstacles, taking risks when others take refuge.

Don't be afraid to assert yourself, have confidence in your abilities and don't let the bastards get you down.

You must first be willing to fail — and you must have the courage to go for it anyway.

If you don't encounter setbacks in your career, if you don't have doubts and disappointments , let me tell you, you're not dreaming big enough.

I've always respected those who tried to change the world for the better, rather than just complain about it.

Progress is not inevitable. It's up to us to create it.

And because no matter who you are, if you believe in yourself and your dream, New York will always be the place for you.

Life is too short to spend your time avoiding failure.

If someone tells me they skied all day and never fell down, I tell them to find another mountain.

Entrepreneurship is having an idea to do something great and not entirely have a plan on how to do it but the drive and will power to make it work

If it causes you to sin your soul-just walk away

Every morning we get a chance to be different. A chance to change. A chance to be better. Your past is your past. Leave it there. Get on with the future part, honey

My mind cannot grasp forever, " she told him. "There must surely be an end somewhere. But the big question is-what it beyond the end?

Come with me," Reyn said. "I want to show you something." Frankly, I had expected something more original. "Really?" I asked, "That's it? That's what you came up with?

Only a fairy tale calls a constant condition 'happiness'.

When I work, it can be a 16-hour day.

None of my friends are in the entertainment industry.

There is no knowledge so hard to acquire as the knowledge of how to live this life well and naturally.

[Jazz musicians] couldn't cut rock. I had to be more limited and specific about what I was doing.

The eyes get lost in 3-D. With 3-D, your eyes are looking for the plane of focus, right? And the problem is, when you do quick cuts, your eyes can't find it.