“My focus is to forget the pain of life. Forget the pain, mock the pain, reduce it. And laugh.”

Life opens up opportunities to you, and you either take them or you stay afraid of taking them.

I learned many great lessons from my father, not the least of which, was that you can fail at what you don’t want so you might as well take a chance on doing what you love.

My father used to brag that I wasn’t a ham, I was the whole pig.

I just want to be myself.

I’ve arrived at the place if I’m not taking a career risk, I’m not happy. If I’m scared, then I know I’m being challenged.

150 people die every year from being hit by falling coconuts. Not to worry, drug makers are developing a vaccine.

My soul is not contained within the limits of my body. My body is contained within the limitlessness of my soul.

When things are really bad the only thing to do is laugh.

I feel like I want to take care of everyone and I also feel this terrible guilt if I am unable to. And I have felt this way ever since all this success started.

Life is an ordeal, albeit an exciting one, but I wouldn’t trade it for the good old days of poverty and obscurity.

One of the most corrosive threats to society moving forward is social media and right wing disinformation.

I used to be a guy who was experiencing the Universe, but now I feel like the Universe experiencing a guy.

Energy is what I believe all of us are. We’re just conscious awareness dancing for itself for no other reason but to stay amused.

I don’t make it in regular channels, and that’s okay for me.

Comedy is a high form of art becaus it brings us more joy than anything else.

My life is not unlike Truman’s. I can’t go anywhere.

That’s been one of my mantras – focus and simplicity. Simple can be harder than complex: You have to work hard to get your thinking clean to make it simple. But it’s worth it in the end because once you get there, you can move mountains.

Set your mind on a definite goal and observe how quickly the world stands aside to let you pass.

Companies face a handful of different risks, whether it is competitors or different market environments. But I think that people focus way too much on competitors and not enough on their own execution.

Excellence matters. I’ve pushed hard to increase our velocity, improve our execution, and focus on the big bets that will make a difference in the world.

The hardest thing when you think about focusing. You think focusing is about saying “Yes.” No. Focusing is about saying “No.” And when you say “No,” you piss off people.

It is a tremendous responsibility for us to have all the eyes focused on what we do and give people exactly what they need when they ask for it.

If we want to have the biggest impact, the best way to do this is to make sure we always focus on solving the most important problems.

We all carry the seeds of greatness within us, but we need an image as a point of focus in order that they may sprout.