Science fiction annoyed me because it was like, "Why is the world as it is not enough for you?"

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.

To acquire the habit of reading is to construct for yourself a refuge from almost all the miseries of life.

If I advance follow me! If I retreat kill me! If I die avenge me!

Why then the world's mine oyster Which I with sword will open.

I think of myself as an ambassador of the arts. In my heart of hearts, I know the world would be a more peaceful, tender place if we were more moved by the poetry around us.

Try to leave the Earth a better place than when you arrived.

What I know is that I am honest about my films, and my films are honest about reality. The stories themselves dictate the way that they should be told.

Where I'm from, there's two things you don't mess with. You don't mess with a man's woman, or his hat DON'T TOUCH A MAN'S HAT!

Until there was you, I wandered aimlessly. For a long time, like a little child, I will cry in anticipation of you.

The highest treason in the USA is to say Americans are not loved, no matter where they are, no matter what they are doing there.

That man is rich indeed who has more friends than enemies, fears no one, and is so busy building that he has no time to devote to tearing down another's hopes and plans.