Volatility and length, that's the value on an option. 10 years on a startup stock, that's a big valuable thing.

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.

Racism is a common delusion, a mental illness that can be cured with truthful education.

Instantly, the pair fell to groping one other as if each had puff the magic dragon at a rock concert in Woodstock.

I grew up poor. I never had any money. I was a hobo, you know, ride the freights

Pranayama is the practice of breath control. The word prana refers not only to breath, but also to air and life itself.

The dignity of labor depends not on what you do, but how you do it.

My poetry is a game. My life is a game. But I am not a game.

We should so work as if we were to be saved by our works; and so rely on Jesus Christ, as if we did no works.

A woman's chastity consists, like an onion, of a series of coats.

Being a recording artist and having thousands of people listening to your music and singing your songs, and paying for it? It feels great!

If you do anything well, gratitude is lighter than a feather; if you give offense in anything, people's wrath is as heavy as lead.