Flom had the same experience...He didn't triumph over adversity. Instead, what started out as adversity ended up being an opportunity.

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.

Is it just me or is this like a bad TV sci-fi show?

The person who bears and suffers evils with meekness and silence is the sum of a Christian man.

The president is exempt from the conflict of interest rules that all other administrations must - administration officials must abide by.

When you take on a project, you have to be certain that you can make the best version of whatever it is youre given.

At certain moments, words are nothing; it is the tone in which they are uttered.

I think that presidents don't give up power that has accrued to them by the precedent of previous presidents. Even when they say they would like to, I think once they get there they don't give it up.

You are who you are by virtue of the company you keep.

When you're a weird geek, the way to sell yourself is to show your skills.

You are a son to me, that to my father I couldn't be. I love you.

If you're passionate about your work, it makes the people around you want to be involved too.