Better to fail at doing the right thing than to succeed at doing the wrong thing.

I don't want to make more friends. I have four kids, I have plenty of friends, and all the personal relationships I need.

Do not write to impress others. Authors who write to impress people have difficulty remaining true to themselves. A better path is to write what pleases you and pray that there are others like you. Your first and most important reader is you. If you write a book that pleases you, at least you know one person will like it.

In giving presentations, use the 10/20/30 rule....use only 10 slides, take 20 minutes maximum, and use at least 30-point fonts.

Greatness is won, not awarded.

Steve [Jobs] proves that it's OK to be an asshole... He just has a different OS.

At the end of the day in business, it's not about peer review and getting into a scientific journal. You either increase sales, or not.