If we look at the complexity of the challenges facing western societies today, we see that the problems are not really about outsiders, but have their roots much closer to home.

We should be investing where the public returns are greatest - that is in innovation.

Rethinking capitalism means rethinking the role of the public sector, the role of the private sector, the role of finance, and the relationship between them all.

Fixing markets isn't enough. We have to actively shape and create them and tilt the playing field in the direction of the growth we want.

Unfortunately, simplistic framing of problems leads to simplistic answers.

Markets are not static entities that are 'intervened' in (for good or bad) but are outcomes of public and private interactions.

People work hard and companies make big profits, but employees don't see that they share in the wealth they help to create.

Once we admit that the public sector takes an immense amount of risk along the entire innovation chain, it becomes crucial to find ways to share both risks and rewards.

The globalized nature of production and innovation means that the benefits don't necessarily stay in the country where the investments are made.

Most venture capital funds are too short-termist and exit-driven to deal with the highly uncertain and lengthy innovation process.

While infrastructure is of course important, it must be part of a bigger vision. The point is not to simply dig ditches but to steer those investments towards transformational growth.

My poor are my best patients. God pays for them.

First lesson learned: Knowing doesn't hold a candle to doing.

Boards without women - blacklist those suckers. It's 2011. They've had the time - it's significant that they don't have women.

Love was one of those feelings that you could never control.

Sometimes you have to get sicker before you can get better.

I wanted to make something that I wanted to hear that I wasn't hearing.

Criminals thrive on the indulgence of society’s understanding.

I was so adamant about proving myself for so long and I've gotten to the point where I don't have to do that as much.

Give me silence, water, hope Give me struggle, iron, volcanoes.

Winning Forever is not about the final score; it's about competing and striving to be the best. If you are in this pursuit, then you're already winning.