“A certificate of live birth is not the same thing by any stretch of the imagination as a birth certificate.”

I have great judgment. I have good judgment. I know what’s going on.

I don’t hire a lot of number-crunchers, and I don’t trust fancy marketing surveys. I do my own surveys and draw my own conclusions.

A brand is two words: the ‘Promise’ you telegraph, and the ‘Experience’ you deliver.

Winning is important, but survival is even more important. If you don’t survive, you don’t get to fight the next battle.

I am very, very proud to say that I am pro-life.

You have to leave your comfort zone.

What’s the point of having great knowledge and keeping them all to yourself?

Part of being a winner is knowing when enough is enough.

Be open to new information and ideas.

We must understand that governments cannot create real jobs. Only entrepreneurs can do that.

Money was never a big motivation for me, except as a way to keep score. The real excitement is playing the game.

The point is that you can’t be too greedy.

Show me someone without an ego, and I’ll show you a loser.

My motto is: Always get even. When somebody screws you, screw them back in spades.

You don’t reward failure by promoting those responsible for it, because all you get is more failure.

I like to think of the word FOCUS as Follow One Course Until Successful.

Japan will change. Let’s create a country where innovation is constantly happening, giving birth to new industries to lead the world

One must still have chaos in oneself to be able to give birth to a dancing star.

Vulnerability is the birthplace of innovation, creativity and change.

You have to be willing to allow the person you are today to die so that you can give birth to the person you are meant to become.

I think, at a child’s birth, if a mother could ask a fairy godmother to endow it with the most useful gift, that gift would be curiosity.

No, you can’t deny women their basic rights and pretend it’s about your ‘religious freedom’. If you don’t like birth control, don’t use it. Religious freedom doesn’t mean you can force others to live by your own beliefs.

Right now, after giving birth, I really understand the power of my body. I just feel my body means something completely different.

Birth is okay and death is okay, if we know that they are only concepts in our mind. Reality transcends both birth and death.