Father: 'Anything but journalism.' I rebelled.

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.

A waterfall cannot be silent, just as the wisdom! When they speak, the voice of power speaks!

When you're playing upside down, it takes twice the strength.

I hate that you do this to me. I hate how crazy you make me. I hate you! - Wendy

One trouble with trouble is that it usually starts out like fun.

Sarah Palin is an empty vessel ready to be filled by ideology that she doesn't even understand, and that is really scary. Nothing is more frightening than an empty vessel in power.

I'm just glad that the whole John Wayne persona of a man is sort of old school now, because I'd never be able to do that. If that was the going rate today, I wouldn't be working.

Gratitude is not only the memory but the homage of the heart- rendered to God for his goodness.

How truly blessed we shall be if at the price of even very great sacrifices we shall have made God known and loved by one more soul!

But there are still only certain film genres where a woman can stand out, be heroic, be the centerpiece.

The present generation has the same right of self-government which the past one has exercised for itself.