You can't concentrate on doing anything if you are thinking, “What's gonna happen if it doesn't go right?

The visionary starts with a clean sheet of paper, and re-imagines the world.

We don't know where our first impressions come from or precisely what they mean, so we don't always appreciate their fragility.

The great accomplishment of Jobs's life is how effectively he put his idiosyncrasies - his petulance, his narcissism, and his rudeness - in the service of perfection.

If everyone has to think outside the box, maybe it is the box that needs fixing.

The successful are those who have been given opportunities.

An aggressive drug-testing program would cut down on certain abuses, but its never going to catch everyone - or even close to everyone.

There will be statues of Bill Gates across the Third World. There's a reasonable shot that - because of his money - we will cure malaria.

Outlier are those who have been given opportunities-- -and who have had the strength and presence of mind to seize them.

When you're an underdog, you're forced to try things you would never otherwise have attempted.

If we are to learn to improve the quality of the decisions we make, we need to accept the mysterious nature of our snap judgments.

What we pass on moves forward to future generations. Never let anything important slip through the cracks.

I don't diet. I just don't eat as much as I'd like to.

There is no whit less enlightenment under the tree by your street than there was under the Buddha's bo tree. I invite you to go sit under that tree by your street.

I believe the greatest successes you will ever attain are still waiting for you on the road ahead.

It takes a person with a mission to succeed.

So, I travel a lot. I hate traveling, mostly 'cause my dad used to beat me with a globe.

People think I'm as shallow and superficial as I look, and it's a surprise when they find out, sure enough, I am.

I like to play different types roles, but I'd like to do a comedy next.

In the child, we see the grown-up. I see the problem differently.

The need to congregate workers in offices will gradually diminish.