People can't do much about the fate part, but we can certainly do a lot about the man part.

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 future is for everyone, not far, it's just tomorrow.

I ask of literature precisely those things of which I feel the lack in my own life.

All discomfort comes from suppressing your true identity.

People think you're crazy if you talk about things they don't understand.

As a child I was a great liar. Fortunately my mother liked my lies. I promised her marvelous things.

I think bankers will always get away with whatever they can get away with.

The level of discourse reaching a mailbox simply cannot be limited to that which would be suitable for a sandbox.

The Institute for Global Labour and Human Rights... have pressured retailers on campus and off to publicly disclose the factory names and addresses.

Oh, no man knows Through what wild centuries Roves back the rose.

When I give over to somebody's vision rather than have an idea of what I need to do, it takes me to places I wouldn't have got to by myself. I'm always attracted to a strong director.