The surest way to get a VC interested is to say that you're not interested in taking VC money.

Think about the most important things in life and set hard boundaries to protect them.

We can never have enough startups that are pursuing unique solutions to important problems.

The older I get, the more I believe that the greatest kindness is acceptance.

It is better to go skiing and think of God, than go to church and think of sport.

Don't confuse poor decision making with destiny. Take accountability for your life, cut out the drama, distance yourself from negativity, and move your life into a healthy direction.

Sometimes I am so dry that people don't know I'm kidding and think I'm being serious. I enjoy this because their reactions are often funny.

I then spoke to chancellor (Angela) Merkel of Germany and we agreed that the United States and our European allies will work closely together in the weeks and months ahead.

Language is one of the greatest gifts man has devised for himself. It ranks, alongside the discovery of fire and the wheel, as a major influence in making modern man what he is today.

Art is visceral and vulgar - it's an eruption.

The greatest gift children can give you is that, for the first time, you're not the center of your own universe.

Life for the unwell is discontinuous and unpredictable. Things just come out of nowhere. People try but mostly do a lousy job of taking care of you.

To me he will not just be remembered as a great player and a lovely human being, but as somebody who tried to learn Bengali for the last 14 years but never managed to do so!