The only person who can put you out of business, in the early days, is yourself.

Don’t be in a rush to get big. Be in a rush to have a great product.

The only way to win is to learn faster than anyone else.

The minimum viable product is that version of a new product which allows a team to collect the maximum amount of validated learning about customers with the least effort.

Every startup has a chance to change the world, by bringing not just a new product, but an entirely new institution into existence.

A startup is a human institution designed to deliver a new product or service under conditions of extreme uncertainty.

Lean thinking defines value as providing benefit to the customer; anything else is waste.

If we do not know who the customer is, we do not know what quality is.

Innovation is a bottoms-up, decentralized, and unpredictable thing, but that doesn’t mean it cannot be managed.

Zero invites imagination, but small numbers invite questions about whether large numbers will ever materialize.

As you consider building your own minimum viable product, let this simple rule suffice: remove any feature, process, or effort that does not contribute directly to the learning you seek.

Saying goodbye doesn't mean anything. It's the time we spent together that matters, not how we left it.

Before me, even as behind, God is, and all is well.

Happiness has many roots, but none more important than security.

A much talking judge is an ill-tuned cymbal.

Status Quo is Latin for the mess we are in.

When a man has done me an evil turn once, I don't like to give him the opportunity to do so twice.

I wear [American flag] all the time. It represents my freedom to speak about exactly what I want to, whenever I want to.

The bigger the issue, the smaller you write.

Be aware of anxiety. Next to sin, thee is nothing that so troubles the mind, stains the heart, distresses the soul, and confuses the judgment.

I guess for me - in the TV commercial world I was known for shooting locations, beautiful landscapes and things like that - so, it's interesting.