People who bring transformative change have courage, know how to re-frame the problem and have a sense of urgency.

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.

I assumed my first undivided responsibility.

After being hurt by the world so much, they began to see the demons within humans. So without hiding it through trickery, they worked to express it.

Wisdom alone is true ambition's aim, wisdom is the source of virtue and of fame; obtained with labour, for mankind employed, and then, when most you share it, best enjoyed.

Many people who pretend to be very busy have the least to do.

Sometimes I find bringing in my old ideas is just detrimental.

It's so difficult, particularly with an antisocial character. It's much easier if he's already a blank page, but once you've written on him, it's hard to keep him that stripped down.

Be discreet in all things, and so render it unnecessary to be mysterious about any.

I knew I could do it all this time,” said Harry, “Because I'd already done it... does that make sense?

I'm a private kind of person.

The more I know people, the more I love my dog.