Every decision has a cost. Do I have to make this decision at all or can I move on to the next thing? What we decided to leave out is almost as important as what we put in.

You have to solve a problem that people actually have. But it's not always a problem that they know they have, so that's tricky.

Keep an idea log where you write everything down, even the bad ideas.

If you need scale in order to create value, it's hard to get scale, because there's little incentive for the first people to use the product.

Reduce. Do as little as possible to get what you have to get done.

We did a variant of the intern thing. We hired people as consultants for a specific thing and then if they were good, offered them a job.

Living for the Self [the Soul] is merit karma (you bind merit karma) and living for the worldly life is nothing but demerit karma (you bind demerit karma).

Different people become different people when they meet different people.

I want to leave an album behind that is classic, that people in 50 years will refer to and pass on to their children. An album that you never bored of.

The way to do great science is to stay away from subjects that are overpopulated, and go to the frontiers.

Something the committee had not done in 50 years. Jeff Sessions is now the Chairman of the Committee that rejected him.

Putts get real difficult the day they hand out the money.

Acting is such a weird job.

But no one can lose sight of what he desires. Even if there are moments when he believes the world and the others are stronger. The secret is this: do not surrender.

Old folks are the nation.

If I like the music then at least some others will too, and that is all that matters in this context.