The people who are the best in the world specialize at getting really good at the questions they don't know.

Your history of work is as important as the work you'll do tomorrow.

Laptop computers dramatically increased the time people spend doing work. (The internet dramatically decreased it, so we're even).

Every revolution destroys the average middle first and most savagely.

We live in a vague world. And it gets vaguer all the time. In this environment, the power of the specific, measurable and useful promise made and kept is difficult to overstate.

There's nothing wrong with having a plan. Plans are great. But missions are better. Missions survive when plans fail, and plans almost always fail.

We don't need to be taught to make art, but sometimes we need permission to do so. Following instructions is overrated.