I have failed a lot in my philanthropy, where I will make philanthropic contributions and they just won't be effective.

The secret to successful hiring is this: look for the people who want to change the world.

You need to get to the future, ahead of your customers, and be ready to greet them when they arrive.

There is no finish line when it comes to system reliability and availability, and our efforts to improve performance never cease.

The only constant in the technology industry is change.

Most of all, I discovered that in order to succeed with a product, you must truly get to know your customers and build something for them.

You must always be able to predict what's next and then have the flexibility to evolve.

You have chosen the wrong path if it's not fun. And you are probably not taking enough risk if it's not hard and rocky sometimes.

If there wasn't any competition, I'd be very worried, because it would mean we were not doing very well.

I think a critical part of being successful in our industry is having a beginner's mind

Presentation skills are key. People who work for you represent your brand. You want them to present themselves - and represent you - in a certain way.

It doesn't matter whether they mean it or not. That's why they make little kids pledge allegiance even before they know what 'pledge' and 'allegiance' mean.

Act like you expect to get into the end zone.

So if you see Ten Years After, it's not me anymore. I'm very happy with what I am doing now.

It's almost impossible to live the right life when you have the wrong friends.

[Melania Trump] is a very, very strong advocate. I think she's a great representative for this country.

Narcissus never wrote well nor was a friend.

It is the nature of walls that they should fall.

Denial ain't just a river in Egypt.

I wasn't on the board of Lehman Brothers. I was a banker, and I was proud of it and I traveled the country and learned how people make jobs.

People don't understand that you can actually lose your life going to jail. There's more violence in the jail-house than there is on the streets.