Innovation-the heart of the knowledge economy-is fundamentally social.

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.

Arrogant pride (abhimaan) means public display of self-pride (maan).

Why does the forbidden always add that edge of sweetness?

Publishing a book is like being pregnant. By the end, you're just ready to get that baby out!

This is a fun action story and light reading.

All we are asked to bear we can bear. That is a law of the spiritual life. The only hindrance to the working of this law as of all benign laws is fear.

In a life and death struggle, we cannot afford to leave our destinies in the hands of failures.

I've learned that every great achievement was once considered impossible

You can have solid third party politics, but the problem is you're all lumped in to all the fringe groups. That's a stereotype that happens.

We need to temper the idea that this company has to have some earthshaking event every 15 minutes.

I can't draw a stick person. I can't play a musical instrument. But I've always had a knack for making money.