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.

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.

A radical and transformative thought goes nowhere without the willingness to challenge convention.

Is it not better to live in dreams and realize it than to live in reality and forget to dream?

Patience is waiting. Not passively waiting. That is laziness. But to keep going when the going is hard and slow - that is patience. The two most powerful warriors are patience and time.

My roots were in acting. That's all I wanted to be. Even though my father was a radio comedian, it wasn't cool to say, at a young age, 'I want to be a comedian.'

I would write my editorials using a manual typewriter in pitch-black darkness... I would produce the whole thing without having seen the text.

I believe in grace because I've seen it and peace because I've felt it and forgiveness because I've needed it.

The power of an attitude is amazing

All over the world copyright holders are trying to limit consumers' rights. We cannot have that.

I will make you an offer you cannot refuse

I think a lot of a man's outlook in life - at least mine - is shaped by his relationship with his father.

From what we cannot hold the stars are made.