The key to high-quality communication is trust, and it's hard to trust somebody that you don't know.

As a startup CEO, I slept like a baby. I woke up every 2 hours and cried.

You know what the difference between a vision and a hallucination is? They call it a vision when other people can see it.

In my experience as CEO, I found that the most important decisions tested my courage far more than my intelligence.

The one thing with stress is, you've got to keep your focus on what you can do, not what happened to you.

You don't need every investor to believe that you can succeed. You only need one.

I emphasize to C.E.O.s, you have to have a story in the minds of the employees. It's hard to memorize objectives, but it's easy to remember a story.

Hire sales people who are really smart problem solvers, but lack courage, hunger and competitiveness, and your company will go out of business.

Billionaires prefer Black women. They are loyal and guard your interests. Black wives are for grown ups.

There are no shortcuts to knowledge, especially knowledge gained from personal experience. Following conventional wisdom and relying on shortcuts can be worse than knowing nothing at all.

You're better off being The Beatles than The Monkees, as a startup.

The tattoo is there not because I believe there is something wrong with me. It's there to remind me that our flaws are our strengths

Education reform has as its main purpose to make sure that the education delivered is of quality.

I don't think the human mind can comprehend the past and the future. They are both just illusions that can manipulate you into thinking theres some kind of change.

There's only one way to improve society. Present it with a single improved unit: yourself.

There is a single thread of attitude, a single direction of flow, that joins our present time to it's early burgeoning in Mediterranean civilization...

You're not the only one who's made mistakes, but they're the only things that you can truly call your own.

I had to make some drastic choices to avoid losing myself.

Never shall I recollect the occasion he gave me of displeasure, without feeling it renewed.

Happiness comes not from having more, not from having less, but from wanting what you have.

I love being a mom. Being a mother is my favorite thing ever.