The trouble with innovation is that truly innovative ideas often look like bad ideas at the time.

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.

For though the flame of liberty may sometimes cease to shine, the coal can never expire.

We will naturally pursue our goals on the strength of our own resources, skills and enterprise. But, we know that we will be more successful when we do this in partnership with the world.

True contentment is a thing as active as agriculture. It is the power of getting out of any situation all that there is in it. It is arduous and it is rare.

Leave me alone. I'm fine.

I think all good actors are personalities. If they're not, they're not stars. What makes you a star is horsepower.

Fame is but a fruit tree- so very unsound. It can never flourish 'till its stock is in the ground.

Few, if any, forces in human affairs are as powerful as shared vision.

He who is not aware of his ignorance will be only misled by his knowledge.

The sort of liveliness which increases with age is not far distant from madness.

As we lay in the semi-dark hours later, we faced each other, sharing his pillow. I'd never felt more connected to anyone.