Money was invented for a reason. We've seen people try to use beans, etc. and it doesn't work.

It's important to choose initial investors who are not twitchy and rushing for an exit. Wall Street's quarter-by-quarter lens may make the CEO make sub-optimal long-term decisions.

I try getting in front of as many opportunities as possible, but in the late '90s, I had no idea that I'd end up being CFO of a technology company. I'd no idea what venture capital was.

You don't want to be the site that people should use. You want to be the site they can't stop using.

You have to put yourself in a position to be lucky.

Founders should think of their company as a product and build it and shape it with the same passion and care.

I am sure innovation will blossom around the world, given that the Internet and mobile platforms enable innovators anywhere in the world to reach a global market with ease.

Israel has incredible entrepreneurial spirit and a deep bench of technology talent.

I think of myself as just another consumer.

We can’t hate ourselves into a version of ourselves we can love.

The most dangerous silence is noise; noise keeps us from hearing what we need to hear or from speaking what we need to speak.

It seems to me to be the best proof of an evangelical disposition, that persons are not angry when reproached, and have a Christian charity for those that ill deserve it.

I do like to cook; I'm sort of a mad scientist in the kitchen.

On the other hand, permanent causes produce helplessness far into the future, and universal causes spread helplessness through all your endeavors.

If you think you understand it, that only shows that you don't know the first thing about it.

Whether it's on top of a phone booth or a $200 million soundstage, it's about stories.

A true friend is tested in adversity.

No one has seen God, but as we love one another, God lives in us.

Prayer is my chief work, and it is by means of it that I carry on the rest.