People are fond of using the its not what you know, its who you know adage as an excuse for inaction, as if all successful people are born with powerful friends. Nonsense.

The way that you become world-class is... by asking good questions.

If you let pride stop you, you will hate life

You can enjoy stargazing just by going out and learning a couple constellations with your kids.

I'm not averse to making a lot of money. But where does that end? I hang out with people with hundreds of millions of dollars. Is that the standard by which I should measure myself? Where does that take you if you're in my business? I think it takes you to pretty dark, corrupt places.

The opposite of love is indifference, and the opposite of happiness is boredom.

Ninety-nine percent of people believe they can't do great things, so they aim for mediocrity.