We can unravel the logic behind who succeeds and who doesn't.

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.

Baxter knows a lot more than I do, I told her.Yes, said Baxter, but I will never tell people all of it.

Imagination is the connecting line that connects humanity to the other realm to tap from its abundance.

I have a strong theory that you can tell a lot about someone by their coffee order

We had enough quite enough snobbery in this world without exporting it to the hereafter.

The problem with composers is that they are the most unrequired job in America.

I think hard-working people have more opportunities no matter what on YouTube, regardless of gender.

Part-black generally means all-black in Americans' minds. Just as part-Asian or part-Hispanic or part-anything-else usually puts individuals in those minority-groups' camps.

I don't support communism. I don't like that type of government.

Beware, lastly, of imagining you shall obtain the end without using the means conducive to it.

I told you, sir, they were red-hot with drinking; so full of valor that they smote the air, for breathing in their faces, beat the ground for kissing of their feet.