Making money is often more fun than spending it, though I personally have never regretted money I've spent on friends, new experiences, saving time, travel, and causes I believe in.

No matter what you choose, build stuff and be around smart people.

You can create value with breakthrough innovation, incremental refinement, or complex coordination. Great companies often do two of these. The very best companies do all three.

Founders are usually very stingy with equity to employees and very generous with equity to investors. I think this is totally backwards.

Obsess about the quality of the product.

In general don't start a startup you're not willing to work on for ten years.

Everyone starting a startup for the first time is scared, and everyone feels like a bit of an imposter.

No growth hack, brilliant marketing idea, or sales team can save you long term if you don't have a sufficiently good product.

You have to be decisive. Indecisiveness is a startup killer.

Execution gets divided into two key questions: 1) can you figure out what to do and 2) can you get it done.

If you don't need it yourself, and you're building something that someone else needs, realize you're at a big disadvantage.

Authentic religion is not a theology test. It's a love test.

All truth contains an echo of sadness.

It's hard to find success and it's hard to find hit movies or hit TV shows and to stay relevant. I think it's a very difficult thing for actors, because a lot of us get lost, frankly.

I like mellow music. I like some jazz. But I'm not a big hard rock guy.

The Indians have such strong traditions and aesthetics, and the people are beautiful, as are their goods.

And once again we wish you All joyous things and more A day that's filled with happiness And memories to store.

Education, particularly higher education, will take Africa into the mainstream of globalization.

The biggest review of taxation ever undertaken in this country, is now dead in the water.

It is pleasing to the dear God whenever thou rejoicest or laughest from the bottom of thy heart.

Love seeketh only self to please, To bind another to its delight, Joys in another's loss of ease, And builds a Hell in Heaven's despite.