The key to getting a reputation for being brilliant is actually being brilliant, not just acting like you are.

The only thing all successful people have in common is that they're successful, so don't waste your time copying "the successful strategies" of others.

A book is a souvenir of an idea.

Positive thinking doesn't guarantee results, all it offers is something better than negative thinking.

The tragedy is that society (your school, your boss, your government, your family) keeps drumming the genius part out. The problem is that our culture has engaged in a Faustian bargain, in which we trade our genius and artistry for apparent stability.

Remember the Bob Dylan rule: it's not just a record, it's a movement.

When you think about Uber and Airbnb and the other companies that are turning things upside down, Uber isn't big 'cause they ran a lot of ads. They're big because someone took out their iPhone and said to their friend, watch this, and pressed a button and a car pulled up.