My earliest memories of my father are of seeing him work at his desk and realizing that he was happy. I did not know it then, but that was one of the most precious gifts a father can give his child.

If you are going to do something truly innovative, you have to be someone who does not value social approval. You can't need social approval to go forward. Otherwise, how would you ever do the thing that you are doing?

When we become expert in something, our tastes grow more esoteric and complex.

Part of me thinks that innovation, real innovation in health care delivery, needs to happen from the bottom to the top.

Giants are not what we think they are. The same qualities that appear to give them strength are often the sources of great weakness.

I don't really collect books. I tend to lose interest in them the minute I've read them, so most of the books I've read are left in airplanes and hotel rooms.

If you want to bring a fundamental change in people's belief and behavior...you need to create a community around them, where those new beliefs can be practiced and expressed and nurtured.