The important thing in my view is not to pin the blame for a mistake on somebody, but rather to find out what caused the mistake.

I believe one of the reasons we went through such a remarkable growth period was that we had this atmosphere of free discussion.

You can be totally rational with a machine. But if you work with people, sometimes logic often has to take a backseat to understanding.

Curiosity is the key to creativity.

A company will get nowhere if all of the thinking is left to management.

But make sure you don't make the same mistake twice.

If you go through life convinced that your way is always best, all the new ideas in the world will pass you by.

In the long run, no matter how good or successful you are or how clever or crafty, your business and its future are in the hands of the people you hire.

To gain profit is important, but you must invest to build up assets that you can cash in in the future.

Carefully watch how people live, get an intuitive sense as to what they might want and then go with it. Don’t do market research.

We will try to create conditions where persons could come together in a spirit of teamwork, and exercise to their heart's desire their technological capacity.

What was I before the war? It’s hard to remember that far back. But I think maybe I was human.

Neither Heaven nor Hell are far from routine. The biggest danger lies in the perception of the proximity.

I wondered quickly if I'd give my life so that a dragon could live. If someone offered me that deal, your life for the existence of dragons.I thought maybe yes, maybe no.

Every man has his secret sorrows which the world knows not and often times we call a man cold when he is only sad.

Forward, always forward, everywhere forward.

Go back! Fall into the nothingness that awaits you and your Master.

I wrote to explain my own life to myself, stories are the vessels I use to interpret the world to myself.

Lacking many of the essential implements, it irritated me to be reduced to impotence in the face of artistic projects to which I had passionately given myself.

Gates's net wealth is greater than the combined net worth of the poorest 40% of Americans (112,000,000 people).

We have a marriage of people of various cultures coming together. It's not a joke. It's real.