Entrepreneurs need to listen. They don't need to be good listeners (although it can only help) but they need to know when to listen.

Today, where you come from seems less and less important, as globalization is the new order. I prefer the old world.

As all entrepreneurs will say, "surround yourself with good people". That is the hardest thing : finding good people.

An entrepreneur needs to have values. Values that are wholesome.

There are differences in the businesses themselves, but the fundamentals are the same: give customers a good experience, charge them a reasonable price, listen to them, and treat them with respect.

Creating art (music, books, films, etc.) can be beautiful and liberating, but trying to sell art, well, that is the movie business. There are few winners, and lots and lots of losers.

When things go right (and they go right a lot - you just got to keep trying) there is nothing to really laugh about.

Business is full of pain and hardship and with that, laughter and release.

Obsession makes my life bad and my work good.

Don't take yourself too seriously - learn to laugh. Hire slowly and fire fast. And the most important thing is: you never invest in ideas, only in people!

I think most entrepreneurs would refer to themselves as "accidental". No one looks for stress and pain. You stumble on to it. Also, no one looks for pots of gold, it just happens.

Never undervalue who you are, and NEVER underestimate what you are capable of.

I see how 14-year old girls react to me and I think I'm a good role model. Rockstar maybe not, but I'm willing to play with it for a little while, until my hair gets gray.

A woman one loves rarely suffices for all our needs, so we deceive her with another whom we do not love.

The humanitarian argument is so selective I find it difficult to swallow. It's not even so much about the choice as to where we should get involved and where we shouldn't.

If you keep walking past the barbers, eventually you'll get a haircut.

Better a poor steam engine that runs, than a good one never finished.

Your direction is more important than your speed.

We have to give ourselves a constitution which marks the birth of Europe as a political entity.

Whether one moves slowly or with speed, the one who is a seeker will be a finder.

Shakespeare showed me that once I understand the rules, I can break them.