When you're building something, you know all of the trade-offs.

I'm the only one who was predicting the Nintendo Wii would beat Sony's PlayStation 3.

A lot of people have ideas, but there are few who decide to do something about them now. Not tomorrow. Not next week. But today. The true entrepreneur is a doer, not a dreamer.

Hire for passion and intensity; there is training for everything else.

The ultimate inspiration is the deadline.

The true entrepreneur is a doer

Everyone who's ever taken a shower has an idea. It's the person who gets out of the shower, dries off and does something about it who makes a difference.

I've always thought legal addictions are a great way to create a business. Starbucks is a wonderful example.

I just want the future to happen faster. I can't imagine the future without robots.

If you're willing to work harder than anybody else, you can create your own luck

Creativity is every company's first driver. It's where everything starts, where energy and forward motion originate. Without that first charge of creativity, nothing else can take place.

People are intelligent

The real difference between relationship politics and transactional politics is loyalty. [Barack] Obama doesn't seem to expect it.

I like the tradition of the Oscars. I like that some of the greatest comedians ever have hosted the show.

It was by music that the ancient kings gave elegant expression to their joy. By their armies and axes they gave the same to their anger.

I am very proud of the fact that many workers in my Gau, numerous former Communists and Social Democrats were won over by us and became local group leaders and Party functionaries.

As nations can not be rewarded or punished in the next world they must be in this.

You may think using Google's great, but I still think it's terrible.

I'm happy not knowing. Most of the time (except when I'm a neurotic mess about uncertainty) I feel glad that the horizon is a mystery.

After everything that's happened, how can the world still be so beautiful? Because it is.

I remember being in high school and listening to Vivaldi's 'Winter' and being so overwhelmed with emotion.