When sparks fly, some truly great ideas come to light.

Nobody is an overnight success. Most overnight successes you see have been working at it for ten years.

Secret to productivity is not finding more time to do more stuff, but finding the strength to do less of the stuff that doesnt need doing.

If you're not working on your best idea right now, you're doing it wrong.

There's nothing that will bring realism into your world as quickly as realizing that you're out of cash.

It took me some twenty-plus years to really learn how to program.

Fear is ugly because it makes you irrational. Fear makes you jump to conclusions. Fear makes you reactionary.

Most software has a tiny essence that justifies its existence, everything after that is wants and desires mistaken for needs and necessities.

Planning is not just guessing, it is harmful guessing, because it is a waste of time. All the time you spend doing your five year plan you can use to worry about tomorrow.

If you can't figure out how to make money on three billion in revenue, when exactly will the profit magic be found? Ten billion? Fifty billion?

A fool and his money will soon be departed applies equally to venture capitalists as it does to everyone else.

The hallmark of intelligence is not whether one believes in God or not, but the quality of the processes that underlie one’s beliefs.

When you are able to fill your mind with tranquility and inner peace, this world becomes very peaceful.

The pursuit of enlightenment is for the purpose of the world, not merely for the purpose of the individual. Practices for enlightenment must lead to action in the world.

Most other documents leaked to WikiLeaks do not carry the same explosive potential as candid cables written by American diplomats.

God's first, then family, then whatever else you love.

My mother had all these maxims-like, classy girls never chew gum, never read comic books, never get their ears pierced, never get their hair dyed.

Finishing food is about the tiny touches. In the last seconds you can change everything.

You did what was right for those who agreed with you, and that is all in the past. We are talking about our future. Oliver, we cannot live as we did.

The best way to avoid criticism is never do anything ever. Or, do what you love, have a great life & let others spend their time criticising.