Whenever we have something that we are good at--something we care about--that experience and passion fundamentally change the nature of our first impressions.

I have a new way of doing things, and I don’t care if you think I’m crazy.

I think that persistence and stubbornness and hard work are probably, at the end of the day, more important than the willingness to take a risk.

The single most important thing a city can do is provide a community where interesting, smart people want to live with their families.

Acquaintances represent a source of social power, and the more acquaintances you have the more powerful you are.

Hard work is a prison sentence only if it does not have meaning.

A radical and transformative thought goes nowhere without the willingness to challenge convention.