Achievement is talent plus preparation

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.

It is better to be creative than curious.

He's beautiful. Not specifically to look at, but to be with.

Unless you're ashamed of yourself now and then, you're not honest

Other people cannot see what I see whenever I look into your father's face, for behind your father's face as it is today are all those other faces which were his.

For me it is sufficient to have a corner by my hearth a book and a friend and a nap undisturbed by creditors or grief.

Pastor Kerney Thomas to these hoes.. miwacles.

I'm often uncertain of what's expected of a movie.

Children who have been in work for a long time suddenly get a thud down to earth once the cuteness fades, hips widen, voices drop and jawlines strengthen.

I think there are other alternatives there than hitting a child, striking the child.

Writers are a fascinating breed, because there are so many kinds of them, they are made by so many circumstances, conditions, and mysteries, and there are so many ways for writing to be done.