The first rule (of investing) for me is don't have rules. You find one amazing investment and that's all that matters. If you pick the right body of water, you might not need a boat.

Not having a clear goal leads to death by a thousand compromises.

My approach is that you have to earn the respect of people you work with.

Don't lose sight of user delight.

Get five or six of your smartest friends in a room and ask them to rate your idea.

You can manage 50 people through the strength of your personality and lack of sleep. You can touch them all in a week and make sure they're all pointed in the right direction.

The only way people will have the trust to give their all to their job is if they feel like their contribution is recognized and valued.

If you give people really big jobs to the point that they're scared, they have way more fun and they improve their game much faster.

I’ve grown a lot, and I’m learning every week.

I like to bet on people, especially those who have taken risks and failed in some way, because they have more real-world experience. And they’re humble.

We did anything possible just to get revenues so that we could grow and be a real business.

Regardless of our cleverness, our achievements, and our gadgets, we are spiritual paupers without God.

He'd never been an optimist. He saw the world as it was, or he tried to. That was a problem, though, when the truth he saw was so terrible.

It is a fundamental misperception, " Fouts says to me, "to think human life has more value than any other life form.

Finishing second in the Olympics gets you silver. Finishing second in politics gets you oblivion.

I've never met a deadline I couldn't miss. I make sure my editors know this.

L'amor che move il sole e l'altre stelle (The love that moves the sun and the other stars)

How can a young person learn whether he chose the correct way? He thinks he has a special idea, and then he discovers that he is completely inappropriate for it.

People say true friends must always hold hands, but true friends don't need to hold hands because they know the other hand will always be there.

I'm not that materialistic. I like nice clothes and that, but I don't spend lots of money on stuff. I'm not really into TV, I don't have an iPod, I've got a gramophone.

Painting becomes interesting when it becomes timeless.