The fact that so many are willing to accept need-based aid signals a fundamental change in the American character.

Although he may not always recognize his bondage, modern man lives under a tyranny of numbers.

We are not trapped by our thoughts. What we generally do, however, is create thoughts that trap us.” (p.162)

They were almond cookies, although they could have been made of spinach and shoes for all I cared. I ate eleven of them, right in a row. It is rude to take the last cookie.

I think words were Reagan's greatest weapon - and more powerful than the Strategic Defense Initiative, which did not come to fruition in his lifetime.

Very broadly speaking, you can put directors into two areas: One for whom you work, and the other with whom you work. And I prefer the latter, for obvious reasons.

I'm more authoritarian with the orchestras than I used to be. You need to hold your ground, I've noticed, or you'll be swept aside.

When [man] is happy he takes his happiness as it comes and doesn't analyze it, just as if happiness were his right.

A functioning eco-system is a human need.

I have had fun running all of the Virgin businesses, so I never see a setback as a bad experience; it is just a learning curve.

One does not devote one's life in art to shock an audience.

I love that you can have the language between the two worlds of technology and fashion, because I don't think that many designers get to do that.