how tedious is retirement! You cannot imagine to yourself the monotony with which day comes after day.
Longevity is a big part of credibility.
Fortunes are built during the down market and collected in the up market.
There is no luck, you work hard and study things intently. If you do that for long and hard enough you're successful.
You have to have a big vision and take very small steps to get there. You have to be humble as you execute but visionary and gigantic in terms of your aspiration. In the Internet industry, it's not about grand innovation, it's about a lot of little innovations: every day, every week, every month, making something a little bit better.
When you come from nothing, you're basically just trying to get escape velocity, which means you and your family don't have to worry about being broke and that's all I ever cared about.
Blogging is great, and I read blogs all day long. However, my goal is really to have a deep, meaningful discussion with people. For some reason, I'm able to accomplish this best via email.
You know, that was the first time [with Any Winehouse] that I probably ever used a baritone sax. And it's certainly the texture that, you know - it's all over the record 'cause it's a nice compliment to her tone.
Early on, they were timing my contract with an egg timer.
The Philosophy of Princes is to dive into the Secrets of men, leaving the secrets of nature to those that have spare time.
The art of living is the art of bringing dreams and reality together.