A book, I was taught long ago in English class, is a living and breathing document that grows richer with each new reading.

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.

A dream comes from within you. It is what you were created to do, so it has always been there.

One of the advantages of being a 'reasonable creature' is that one can find a reason for whatever one wants to do.

There is no such crime as a crime of thought; there are only crimes of action.

The language of the body is the key that can unlock the soul.

The fulness of the godhead dwelt in every blade of grass.

The hottest year in global [sic] history was 1934.

I mean, that's more children than died in Hiroshima - and you know, is the price worth it?

Only truthful hands write true poems. I cannot see any basic difference between a handshake and a poem.

If you feel alienated from people around you, it's because no one tries to understand you.

The dream he needed most was the dream that frightened him more.