“Failure and risk are something entrepreneurs should understand well, and learn to manage. Don’t have a fear of talking about your failures. Don’t hide your mistakes.”

Get away from the place that makes you feel comfortable with your depression. The reality is it’s never as bad as the insanity you’ve created in your head.

The Internet’s a big enough place for everybody to be happy.

The worst thing in the world is to be bland.

We tell ourselves we’re here to be flexible and to be nimble, and not necessarily to stick to a master plan.

I’m always throwing out ideas, so it’s not creativity, it’s just volume.

The fact of the matter is that the Internet has brought together millions of people who trust one another for reasons that are unknown.

The awesome part about The Book of Awesome is the realization that if you enjoy the simple moments in your life, you will be happier.

You need to put the fear of risk aside. Startups need leaders who are willing to persevere through the hard times. Failure is an option, and a real risk.

Only those who live forever can act like there’s time to waste.

Human nature has a tendency to admire complexity but reward simplicity.

It doesn’t matter what else is going on. When you walk into your arena or your – whatever you excel at, you’re there to take care of the job that you have to do.

Along with opportunities, there also exist many other tricky and complex issues to be managed in India. These include tackling both policy-level challenges and infrastructure challenges.

Business is all about risk taking and managing uncertainties and turbulence.

Managing is getting paid for home runs that someone else hits.

There is not much less vexation in the government of a private family than in the managing of an entire state.

If you’re playing baseball and thinking about managing, you’re crazy. You’d be better off thinking about being an owner.

The prevailing – and foolish – attitude is that a good manager can be a good manager anywhere, with no special knowledge of the production process he’s managing.

It is by not always thinking of yourself, if you can manage it, that you might somehow be happy.