That was it! The whole Redwood City philosophy was based on a willingness to try harder than anyone else.

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 actual secret to success: Be a better friend today than you were yesterday.

Adolescents are not monsters. They are just people trying to learn how to make it among the adults in the world, who are probably not so sure themselves.

The new is not revealed to those whose eyes are fastened in worship upon the old.

When the bull's-eye becomes as big in your mind as an elephant, you are sure to hit it.

Is not short paine well borne, that brings long ease,And layes the soul to sleepe in quiet grave?Sleepe after toyle, port after stormie seas,Ease after warre, death after life does greatly please.

I recorded the song 'Believers' because I feel the song has a strong and much needed message. We all need encouragement and something to believe in.

I'm all about what happens organically. If something happens, it was meant to happen.

That was the true terror of love, that you could love with your whole heart, your whole soul, and lose both

I can make a better living as an actor than I can as a director. Though I certainly would prefer to be directing movies.

We are so focused on the material aspects of life that we lose sight of everything else.