There is very little knowledge that can't be obtained through effort. With knowledge you can determine the state of any business or opportunity and find a course to gain an advantage.

I hate politics. It's slimy. Any job where people pander for votes I don't like. The country has gotten so partisan that if you're not on my side, you're the enemy.

Money is a scoreboard where you can rank how you're doing against other people.

It's not in the dreaming, it's in the doing.

If given a choice between investing in someone who has read REWORK or has an MBA, I’m investing in REWORK every time. A must read for every entrepreneur.

Always wake up with a smile knowing that today you are going to have fun accomplishing what others are too afraid to do.

The only thing in your control is effort. That's all, and that's everything.

I don't care what anyone says. Being rich is a good thing.

Doesn't matter if the glass is half-empty or half-full. All that matters is that you are the one pouring the water.

I'm the one guy who says don't force the stupid people to be quiet - I want to know who the morons are.

It takes time, it's a grind. There are no shortcuts. You've got to grind and grind.

If you complain about small calamities, Allah will give you great calamities.

Always speak the truth, think before you speak, and write it down afterwards.

I don't even know how to speak up for myself, because I don't really have a father who would give me the confidence or advice.

I immediately noticed there were far more male characters than female characters in the programs, even now, in the 21st century.

People doing the kind of sound research that I'm interested in still have a difficult time.

Ignorance of what real learning is, and a consequent suspicion of it; materialism, and a consequent intellectual laxity, both of these have done destructive work in the colleges.

This thing called rhymin' is no different than coal minin'; We both on assignment to unearth the diamond.

I am not Pele or Maradona

Find what you're best at and exaggerate it.

It would have been very easy for me to put on a little tight skirt and go out and try what I always call the Barbie doll roles.