Television allows the audience to argue with the creator in a way you don't in a movie.

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.

You couldn't not like someone who liked the guitar.

You may never get back this life, so do something in this lifetime worthy of celebration.

Perhaps the palms had been whispering warnings in the sultry breeze.

People are people the world over. Some are good, some bad, some greedy and some generous. Nations are like people and act the same way.

Do not kill ants. They are your best friends.

And that which sings and contemplates in you is still dwelling within the bounds of that first moment which scattered the stars into space.

Raising kids makes most people, including me, grow up at least a little.

We'll just have to find more flowers in the spring. That's when they bloom, tra la.

The love of God is not created- it is His nature.

Your wisdom should be without pride.