We don't need to be taught to make art, but sometimes we need permission to do so. Following instructions is overrated.

Instead of wondering when your next vacation is, maybe you should set up a life you don't need to escape from.

You can listen to what people say, sure. But you will be far more effective if you listen to what people do.

Leadership is the art of giving people a platform for spreading ideas that work.

The job isn't to catch up to the status quo; the job is to invent the status quo.

As our society gets more complex and our people get more complacent, the role of the jester is more vital than ever before. Please stop sitting around. We need you to make a ruckus.

Optimism is the most important human trait, because it allows us to evolve our ideas, to improve our situation, and to hope for a better tomorrow.

Don't find customers for your products, find products for your customers.

Fitting in is a short-term strategy that gets you nowhere. Standing out is a long-term strategy that takes guts and produces results.

Social Networking that matters is helping people archive their goals. Doing it reliably and repeatability so that over time people have an interest in helping you achieve your goals.

You are not your resume, you are your work.

Some great men owe most of their greatness to the ability of detecting in those they destine for their tools the exact quality of strength that matters for their work.

From the beginning and end of every adversity, the light of a virtuous woman will always shine.

Electricity is really just organized lightning.

Remove 'can't', 'won't' and 'shouldn't' from your vocabulary when they restrict attainment. Persevere if you truly believe your cause is just.

just then a bee bumbled above us and stole our attention the way flying things can

Evolution is a tinkerer.

Age doesn't matter, unless you are cheese.

I probably shouldn't brag, but dag I amaze and astonish.

Being alone onstage is like legalized insanity.

The primary sign of a well-ordered mind is a man's ability to remain in one place and linger in his own company