Radical innovation is difficult to fund. It seems scary. And the really radical things seem even more scary.

I'm the only one who was predicting the Nintendo Wii would beat Sony's PlayStation 3.

A lot of people have ideas, but there are few who decide to do something about them now. Not tomorrow. Not next week. But today. The true entrepreneur is a doer, not a dreamer.

Hire for passion and intensity; there is training for everything else.

The ultimate inspiration is the deadline.

The true entrepreneur is a doer

Everyone who's ever taken a shower has an idea. It's the person who gets out of the shower, dries off and does something about it who makes a difference.

I've always thought legal addictions are a great way to create a business. Starbucks is a wonderful example.

I just want the future to happen faster. I can't imagine the future without robots.

If you're willing to work harder than anybody else, you can create your own luck

Creativity is every company's first driver. It's where everything starts, where energy and forward motion originate. Without that first charge of creativity, nothing else can take place.

Every relationship that has hit a crossroads has asked, “What is it that you want from me?

Act so as to elicit the best in others and thereby in thyself.

Our happiness in this world depends on the affections we are able to inspire.

People just get kicks out of making other people sad.

I used to do everything to keep a wall up around myself and keep my life quiet so that I could write.

A lot of energy is lost to false teachers. Wherever dependency is created, energy is lost.

The King did not summon the Estates because he needed them, but out of his own pleasure.

Getting in touch with unmet needs is important to the healing process.

It will be seen in the frying of the eggs.

The Buddhas had to be destroyed by the Taliban to get the world thinking about Afghanistan.