It's quite possible for an executive to hit her goal for the quarter by ignoring the future.

As a startup CEO, I slept like a baby. I woke up every 2 hours and cried.

You know what the difference between a vision and a hallucination is? They call it a vision when other people can see it.

In my experience as CEO, I found that the most important decisions tested my courage far more than my intelligence.

The one thing with stress is, you've got to keep your focus on what you can do, not what happened to you.

You don't need every investor to believe that you can succeed. You only need one.

I emphasize to C.E.O.s, you have to have a story in the minds of the employees. It's hard to memorize objectives, but it's easy to remember a story.

Hire sales people who are really smart problem solvers, but lack courage, hunger and competitiveness, and your company will go out of business.

Billionaires prefer Black women. They are loyal and guard your interests. Black wives are for grown ups.

There are no shortcuts to knowledge, especially knowledge gained from personal experience. Following conventional wisdom and relying on shortcuts can be worse than knowing nothing at all.

You're better off being The Beatles than The Monkees, as a startup.

All people like to be praised as it boosts their self-esteem, keeps them motivated and happy but it also pushes them into the abyss of sham, which is propelled by hypocrisy and sycophancy.

Discipline friends is the master of excellence.

She saw clearly a boy and a man fighting for control of the same face.

I'm not clean or even vaguely pleasant to be around in a domestic situation.

For future reference, Harry, it is raspberry...although of course, if I were a Death Eater, I would have been sure to research my own jam preferences before impersonating myself.

the fact is, that life is too short to be occupied by aught but the present - hope and remembrance are equally a waste of time.

After being so bad I could hear the angels singing.

Having a kid is like falling in love for the first time when you're 12, but every day.

I consider a work of art as a product of calculations, calculations that are frequently unknown to the author himself.

Smells are so powerful and evocative, sometimes stronger than visual cues.