Coffee is one of the special things I have, instead of a social life.

The Enron scandal calls into question the integrity of the entire capitalist system, which previously we assumed was based on honest, straightforward greed.

There is nothing scarier than a mediocre man with a mission.

Characters last. Beautiful writing lasts. A compelling narrative lasts. Art survives long after ideas go extinct.

Uncertainty is inevitable at the frontiers of knowledge.

Most geniuses are just talented people who get up really early in the morning.

Too many people are missing their destiny a year at a time because they're too scared to think in decades!" (p. 127)

People who don't have much get ugly about giving up the little they have left.

Suspense consumes your opponents, whereas mystery intrigues your followers.

In Copenhagen, we all ride bicycles everywhere, partly because it is impossible to park a car, but also because you can cross the city in 20 minutes on a bike.

Don’t wait for people to be kind, show them how.

I have my own soul. My own spark of divine fire.

Well, maybe I'm not so emotionally dysfunctional after all.

There is no future without forgiveness

I also feel that if you were evil, then next time around you would be very good.

European affairs are no longer reserved for the executive.