Americans make money by playing 'money games,' namely mergers, acquisitions, by simply moving money back and forth ... instead of creating and producing goods with some actual value.

I believe one of the reasons we went through such a remarkable growth period was that we had this atmosphere of free discussion.

You can be totally rational with a machine. But if you work with people, sometimes logic often has to take a backseat to understanding.

Curiosity is the key to creativity.

A company will get nowhere if all of the thinking is left to management.

But make sure you don't make the same mistake twice.

If you go through life convinced that your way is always best, all the new ideas in the world will pass you by.

In the long run, no matter how good or successful you are or how clever or crafty, your business and its future are in the hands of the people you hire.

To gain profit is important, but you must invest to build up assets that you can cash in in the future.

Carefully watch how people live, get an intuitive sense as to what they might want and then go with it. Don’t do market research.

We will try to create conditions where persons could come together in a spirit of teamwork, and exercise to their heart's desire their technological capacity.

Everyone's holding my happiness hostage.

...[T]o be unfaithful to my maxim of prudence may often be very advantageous to me, although to abide by it is certainly safer.

If you demand perfection or nothing, you will always end up with nothing.

Success must include two things: the development of an individual to his utmost potentiality and a contribution of some kind to one's world.

Always leave something to wish for; otherwise you will be miserable from your very happiness.

Listen, if anything happens to Yoko and me, it was not an accident.

If you feel good, you're going to look good.

'Winning' in Hollywood means not just power, money, and complimentary smoked-salmon pizza, but also that everyone around you fails just as you are peaking.

My dogs are crazy. They're always getting into some kind of trouble but then again, they're my most loyal friends.

When in many societies, fathers are usually known by their sons, I am one of the few fathers who is known by his daughter, and I'm proud of it.