Seek out habits that help you overcome fear or inertia. Destroy those that do the opposite.

Instead of wondering when your next vacation is, maybe you should set up a life you don't need to escape from.

You can listen to what people say, sure. But you will be far more effective if you listen to what people do.

Leadership is the art of giving people a platform for spreading ideas that work.

The job isn't to catch up to the status quo; the job is to invent the status quo.

As our society gets more complex and our people get more complacent, the role of the jester is more vital than ever before. Please stop sitting around. We need you to make a ruckus.

Optimism is the most important human trait, because it allows us to evolve our ideas, to improve our situation, and to hope for a better tomorrow.

Don't find customers for your products, find products for your customers.

Fitting in is a short-term strategy that gets you nowhere. Standing out is a long-term strategy that takes guts and produces results.

Social Networking that matters is helping people archive their goals. Doing it reliably and repeatability so that over time people have an interest in helping you achieve your goals.

You are not your resume, you are your work.

You should have goals so big that you are uncomfortable telling your friends about them.

Product is an output of efforts, skills and time

Every cat knows how to keep his owner feeding them: You may scratch and bite ninety-nine times, but the hundredth time, you must leap into a lap and press your nose to their nose. Rules are for dogs.

History has become more important than ever because of the to unprecedented ability of the historical sciences to take in man's life on earth as a whole.

Maybe Oliver Stone doesn't lend himself well to remakes or sequels, because he does them so well the first time.

I'm still pretty self-centered, greedy and angry.

My generation of director has no illusions that we are going to be fed and cared for by subsidized theater in America.

There's a lot of people I've encouraged and helped to get into the House of Commons. Looking at them now, I'm not so sure it was a wise thing to do.

What I want out of my career is just to work.

Pain and happiness are simply conditions of the ego. Forget the ego.