Our first impressions are generated by our experiences and our environment, which means that we can change our first impressions . . . by changing the experiences that comprise those impressions.

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.

The sixth gift is Joy. May it keep your heart open and filled with light.

I have frequently seen people become neurotic when they content themselves with inadequate or wrong answers to the questions of life.

I believe the only measure of government response shouldn't be how much we spend on a situation, but rather how well we spend.

My art became very public.

I have always loved reading. Ever since I was a young girl I had a book by my bed and would get lost in the world of make believe.

The high cost of living is a minor problem when compared to the cost of high living.

I still don't know quite what I'm supposed to do or be.

Thought is like a bubble rising to the surface. When thought is joined to will, we call it power. That which strikes the sick person whom you are trying to help is not thought, but power.

You break her heart, I'll break your neck.

First I went left, he did too. Then I went right, and he did too. Then I went left again, and he went to buy a hot dog.