A $10, 000 investment in Dell at its 1988 initial public offering would have yielded a fortune of ~$6 million at the stock’s peak.

To the disrupters go the spoils.

Nobody thought the direct business model would work. But work it did, and spectacularly. Until it didn’t. And therein lies the tale.

Those who disrupt their industries change consumer behavior, alter economics, and transform lives.

Only a foolish soul would love the stars. As beautiful as they are, they will burn you. Regardless of your best intentions.

Either you were the best of the best or you were nothing, and somehow that didn't seem right.

The only thing that I am trying to do is to find stories that I like, stories that are meaningful and that can connect and question, since I am not 18 years old anymore.

So, your dad's hot." "Thanks. He was that way when I met him, so I can't really take credit.

Prosperity is apt to prevent us from examining our conduct; but adversity leads us to think properly of our state, and so is beneficial to us.

Something you're aware of being a quarterback coming here-you have expectations, and you want to live up to those.

Every trial endured and weathered in the right spirit makes a soul nobler and stronger than it was before.

If you stand on a soapbox and trade rhetoric with a dictator you never win.

The tears of God are the meaning of history

Our world is very dishonest, and our leaders encourage dishonesty by setting bad examples - by lying, being corrupt, and using political sleight of hand to sustain power.