I'm a purist: I start to wrinkle my nose when the Cold War ends.

The visionary starts with a clean sheet of paper, and re-imagines the world.

We don't know where our first impressions come from or precisely what they mean, so we don't always appreciate their fragility.

The great accomplishment of Jobs's life is how effectively he put his idiosyncrasies - his petulance, his narcissism, and his rudeness - in the service of perfection.

If everyone has to think outside the box, maybe it is the box that needs fixing.

The successful are those who have been given opportunities.

An aggressive drug-testing program would cut down on certain abuses, but its never going to catch everyone - or even close to everyone.

There will be statues of Bill Gates across the Third World. There's a reasonable shot that - because of his money - we will cure malaria.

Outlier are those who have been given opportunities-- -and who have had the strength and presence of mind to seize them.

When you're an underdog, you're forced to try things you would never otherwise have attempted.

If we are to learn to improve the quality of the decisions we make, we need to accept the mysterious nature of our snap judgments.

I've been fortunate enough to travel the world because of my career, but the downside has been spending long spells apart from my daughters.

Society is unity in diversity.

My guitar was a loyal person to me.

My father thought sport was something fun - he didn't know it was a way to make money.

The purpose of creation is beauty. Nature in all its various aspects develops towards beauty, and therefore it is plain that the purpose of life is to evolve towards beauty.

I was like, you know, if you want to be someone big, you have to dress the part.

Your fear of letting go prevents you from letting go of your fear of letting go.

I couldn't be happier.

I don't think people cry reading 'Midnight's Children,' but a lot of people seem to cry watching the movie.

I think that I've still not been successful at playing the role of the retired actor, and I'd like to work on that.