If you really want you people to innovate, buy a science fiction book, tear off the covers, and tell them it's history.

I'm the only one who was predicting the Nintendo Wii would beat Sony's PlayStation 3.

A lot of people have ideas, but there are few who decide to do something about them now. Not tomorrow. Not next week. But today. The true entrepreneur is a doer, not a dreamer.

Hire for passion and intensity; there is training for everything else.

The ultimate inspiration is the deadline.

The true entrepreneur is a doer

Everyone who's ever taken a shower has an idea. It's the person who gets out of the shower, dries off and does something about it who makes a difference.

I've always thought legal addictions are a great way to create a business. Starbucks is a wonderful example.

I just want the future to happen faster. I can't imagine the future without robots.

If you're willing to work harder than anybody else, you can create your own luck

Creativity is every company's first driver. It's where everything starts, where energy and forward motion originate. Without that first charge of creativity, nothing else can take place.

Love is a trap. When it appears, we see only its light, not its shadows.

Everything you know gained from experience

Certain people have wanted to put me behind bars for a long time now. That's part of my work. If I were afraid, I couldn't do what I do.

If only Simon were here. He could probably bore you to sleep.

As comedians, we have the opportunity to convey a message that will have an effect. The best can make you laugh and cry, the way musicians and actors can.

Violence is the weapon of weak, non-violence that of the strong.

People are motivated by the desires for privilege, for power, for profit. Those are not shocking revelations. Anyone who's had any experience in life knows these things.

We hear again and again from founders, that they wish they had waited to start a startup until they came up with an idea they really loved.

My country, right or wrong, but still my country.

The best part of all is that no matter how long you practice, or what method you use, every technique of Buddhist meditation ultimately generates compassion.