I often say to my assistants, "Never trust anybody," but what I mean is that you should never trust someone else to do a job exactly the way you would want it done.

I believe one of the reasons we went through such a remarkable growth period was that we had this atmosphere of free discussion.

You can be totally rational with a machine. But if you work with people, sometimes logic often has to take a backseat to understanding.

Curiosity is the key to creativity.

A company will get nowhere if all of the thinking is left to management.

But make sure you don't make the same mistake twice.

If you go through life convinced that your way is always best, all the new ideas in the world will pass you by.

In the long run, no matter how good or successful you are or how clever or crafty, your business and its future are in the hands of the people you hire.

To gain profit is important, but you must invest to build up assets that you can cash in in the future.

Carefully watch how people live, get an intuitive sense as to what they might want and then go with it. Don’t do market research.

We will try to create conditions where persons could come together in a spirit of teamwork, and exercise to their heart's desire their technological capacity.

I believe that life is a prize, but to live doesn't mean you're alive.

The way we are living, timorous or bold, will have been our life.

We might do well to take a look at what we’ve crammed into our pockets as it will say much about what we’ve crammed into our hearts.

It may be you fear more to deliver judgment upon me than I fear judgment.

I'm quite a curious person. I don't mind being the one who doesn't know things, a role I often play in QI.

When deciding between two competing theories, always go with the one that doesn't involve a magic spell.

Besides the respect of the lives of human beings, all the animals and plants should be on the list too. That is the real humanitarianism.

Oh, God, I'm so lonely. An entire weekend streching ahead with no one to love or have fun with. Anyway, I don't care. I've got a lovely steamed ginger pudding from M&S to put in the microwave.

Being natural is simply a pose, and the most irritating pose I know.

Freedom isn't the ability to do whatever you want. It's the willingness to do whatever you want.