Beyond basic mathematical aptitude, the difference between good programmers and great programmers is verbal ability.

I have a theory that burnout is about resentment. And you beat it by knowing what it is you're giving up that makes you resentful.

I really believe that the virtual world mirrors the physical world.

I think Google should be like a Swiss Army knife: clean, simple, the tool you want to take everywhere.

You can't have everything you want, but you can have the things that really matter to you.

If you're the smartest person in the room, you're in the wrong room.

If you push through that feeling of being scared, that feeling of taking risk, really amazing things can happen.

Your rhythm is what matters to you so much that when you miss it you're resentful of your work...So find your rhythm, understand what makes you resentful, and protect it.

If you can find something that you're really passionate about, whether you're a man or a woman comes a lot less into play. Passion is a gender-neutralizing force.

You can be good at technology and like fashion and art. You can be good at technology and be a jock. You can be good at technology and be a mom. You can do it your way, on your terms.

New beginnings – professional, personal, or come what may – are always uncomfortable, but being open to them is the only way to grow. In the end, we are all capable of so much more than we think.

You're so easy to read but the book is boring me.

Have you forgotten what it feels like to be alive? The grace of life shining on you

Because I can count on my fingers the number of sunsets I have left, and I don't want to miss any of them.

The superfluities of a rich nation furnish a better object of trade than the necessities of a poor one. It is the interest of the commercial world that wealth should be found everywhere.

Vous perdez votre temps! (You're wasting your time.)

When the story is good enough, people can watch something three times the length of an opera.

I want my fans to love themselves. It's almost like I want to hypnotize them so when they hear my music they love themselves instantly.

When you need money, it is a powerful feeling within you, and so of course through the law of attraction you will continue to attract needing money.

Within the next hundred years...nationhood as we know it will be obsolete; all states will recognize a single, global authority... National sovereignty wasn't such a great idea after all.

I've wanted to be a writer since I was four years old!