Mark [Andressen] was more popular than me at the time ... He was like Beyoncé, I was Kelly Rowlings

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.

Though all the guns be silenced, each soldier in his home, There is no peace till Love comes, till the meek may safely roam.

O Lord, Thy Word, heals my wounds.

I can only think how good life on earth can be, at times. What grief two people can give to one another! And what pleasure!

When fear seizes change what you are doing. You are doing something wrong.

With hat in hand, one gets on in the world.

I would encourage every American to walk as often as possible. It's more than healthy; it's fun.

Love each other, even strangers. Nothing in the world matters more.

My major hobby is teasing people who take themselves and the quality of their knowledge too seriously and those who don't have the guts to sometimes say: I don't know.

A lot of people who watch DVDs are people who are interested in, if not moviemaking, then creativity in general.

I consider myself to be a pretty good judge of people... that's why I don't like any of them.