People have to understand that they can reject technology. They can turn off their cell phone. They can stop looking at their e-mail. It's there if they want it. It's not being forced on them.

Having seen a non-market economy, I suddenly understood much better what I liked about a market economy.

Well, take the evolution of the Electronic Frontier Foundation. It began as hackers' rights. Then it became general civil liberties of everybody - government stay away.

Change means that what was before wasn't perfect. People want things to be better.

Always make new mistakes.

The best investor is your customer.

The Internet is like alcohol in some sense. It accentuates what you would do anyway. If you want to be a loner, you can be more alone. If you want to connect, it makes it easier to connect.

It may not always be profitable at first for businesses to be online, but it is certainly going to be unprofitable not to be online.

When I was a young student, I thought grow-ups would come and make things work. Now I realize that grown-ups are just kids with wrinkles.

I joined the board of the Santa Fe Institute.

As an investor in small companies, I don't care how rich Microsoft is. I care about what my opportunities are.

The only personal branding consultant who can ever hope to have a clear understanding of you and your value can be found in the mirror.

Every day we’re given opportunities, some of us see them and some are too busy to notice.

Beer is sacred business, a mood-altering food substance that may have preserved the human species. To drink beer is to be human.

The Human Condition being, basically, that we’re alive and have access to beauty, can even erratically create it, but will someday be dead and will not.

Good service is a great inchantment.

One, I had never worked with John Woo before and I wanted to see what that was like, and two, Ben Affleck is a friend, so it would be fun to work with him again.

The world can never be in the state of right order, strong government, and good influence unless London is truly and literally established as its capital.

It would be desirable if every Government, when it comes to power, should have its old speeches burnt.

Men wish to be saved from the mischiefs of their vices, but not from their vices.

There's no doubt that I've deserved my enemies, but I don't think I've deserved my friends.