To be successful, you have to be out there, you have to hit the ground running, and if you have a good team around you and more than a fair share of luck, you might make something happen. But you certainly can't guarantee it just by following someone else's formula.

Chance favors the prepared mind. The more you practice, the luckier you become.

The funny thing is people won't let me pay for things. I'll be in a restaurant and the manager will say, 'Oh no, it's on the house.'

Most "necessary evils" are far more evil than necessary.

Perhaps my early problems with dyslexia made me more intuitive: when someone sends me a written proposal, rather than dwelling on detailed facts and figures I find that my imagination grasps and expands on what I read.

The Earth cannot wait 60 years. I want a future for my children and my children's children. The clock is ticking.

Give your employees a mission that matches their ambitions. When you challenge people, they surprise you.