I don't like things that aren't true.

Asian culture has a profoundly different relationship to work. It rewards people who are persistent.

It's just strange to think that so much of our enjoyment from sports comes from the elevation of arbitrary differences.

Our acquaintances—not our friends—are our greatest source of new ideas and information. the internet lets us exploit the power of these kinds of distant connections with marvellous efficiency.

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

Instinct is the gift of experience. The first question you have to ask yourself is, 'On what basis am I making a judgment?' ... If you have no experience, then your instincts aren't any good.

We tend to credit those who create an idea, not those who perfect it, forgetting that it is often only in the perfection of an idea that true progress occurs. Putting sixty-four transistors on a chip allowed people to dream of the future. Putting four million transistors on a chip actually gave them the future.