There can be as much value in the blink of an eye as in months of rational analysis.

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.

And a woman needs a man to protect her from other men. Well, women used to. . . . Things have changed. Women are in the middle East, fighting and protecting men now.

Never stop praying.

The ego of a god, the wit of a goldfish.

Life doesn't reward the naturally clever or strong but those who can learn to fight and work hard and never quit.

A star is a person who shines so brightly,who gives their gifts so fully,who loves so completely that everyone is drawn by the light of this star to find the way home.

How was I to know idiocy was only a temporary condition, especially in your case? It never has been before!

The family ties between hundreds of thousands of German families and their American relatives led many to think that America would never join a second war against Germany.

God watches over drunks and third baseman.

Yeah, I think on my resume it still says that - that I can juggle.

The interpretation that makes you ardent and hopeful and active and reverent is the true one.