I cry at anything remotely touching - smile at me warmly and I'm off... television also does it, everything from 'X-Factor' to cereal commercials. I cry when I am tired. I also cry when I laugh.

Having the positive belief that it will all be O.K. just means that you hustle and make it work because failure is not even an option in your own mind.

There is no recipe for success - it is as unique as you are

In order to stay relevant, you have to stay open to new trends and keep educating yourself. You have to keep evolving.

Always go into meetings or negotiations with a positive attitude. Tell yourself you're going to make this the best deal for all parties.

There's no right time to have kids and no perfect formula. The good news is there isn't a wrong way, either.

Point out the problems, as long as you have a solution. I don't like critics who aren't doers themselves.

Never forget that you only have one opportunity to make a first impression - with investors, with customers, with PR, and with marketing.

As an entrepreneur, what drives you has to be the good news; otherwise, you just don't get out of bed.

My personal ambition remains the same - to be creative, to be modern, to stay one step ahead, to enjoy life.

Only twice I let people talk me out of good ideas.

Let us not dwell into past thoughts, worn out ideas, false beliefs. Let them go so that you can create a new self by emptying your mind and filling it with new thoughts, ideas, and visions.

It takes a lot of things to prove you are smart, but only one thing to prove you are ignorant.

As a young black boy, it made me proud to see black leaders that did something amazing and made the world change.

For the first lesson, I want you to play over every column of Modern Chess Openings, including the footnotes. And for the next lesson, I want you to do it again.

One of my favorite things to make is homemade sushi. I know how to make the rolls and it's really fun to do.

I admire Cate Blanchett and Kate Winslet. I like a lot of comedians. I like Cameron Diaz - she's funny and has a very light spirit. That's quite rare nowadays. There are many actresses I admire.

Or is this how humans survive, shrugging off history, immersing themselves in the moment?

I really do put it on Bill Clinton's presidency as the time when the Democrats became the party of the college degree as the key to success in life.

We are justified, not by giving anything to God,--what we do,--but by receiving from God, what Christ hath done for us.

I'm interested in man's march into the unknown but to vomit in space is not my idea of a good time. Neither is a fiery crash with the vomit hovering over me.