If you don't contradict yourself on a regular basis, then you're not thinking.

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.

To become a better you, look nowhere else for another alarm to blow before you wake up. Get up and rise up.

What good is the present if you cannot change the future?

Be intelligent, but know it is better to be kind than smart.

I know who I want to be and I want you by my side as I become that person.

If I need romance, that's what Netflix is for.

We have a name," said Jace. "Magnes B-" "Shut up." Alec hissed, thwacking Jace with his closed menu. Jace looked injured. "Jesus," he rubbed his arm. "What's your problem?

All business proceeds on beliefs, or judgments of probabilities, and not on certainties.

No president can easily commit our sons and daughters to war.

People for the most part can smell lies.

In victory, the hero seeks the glory, not the prey.