“If family or friends are unwell or ill – it’s perhaps the only thing that really can make one feel vulnerable.”

If you don’t enjoy it, don’t do it. You must love what you do.

If you don’t enjoy it, don’t do it. You must love what you do.

Give your employees a mission that matches their ambitions. When you challenge people, they surprise you.

Your company should act as a springboard for ambitious employees, not a set of shackles.

A good leader leads from the front. Don’t get stuck in the office. Get out, meet people and listen to their stories.

You can’t do a good business with a bad person. Find the right people to work with and you can’t go wrong.

Doing good is good for business.

To launch a business means successfully solving problems. Solving problems means listening.

Most skills can be learned, but it is difficult to train people on their personality.

Remember the to-do list but don’t forget the to-be list.

Please don’t get hung up on this question of whether you need to have experience in an industry before you launch your startup.

Don’t wait till you are big before you begin building your brand. Build a brand from scratch alongside your business.

All successful people – not just entrepreneurs – have got things wrong over and over again before finding the right solution.

Colleagues should take care of each other, have fun, celebrate success, learn by failure, look for reasons to praise not to criticize, communicate freely and respect each other.

Create the kind of workplace and company culture that will attract great talent. If you hire brilliant people, they will make work feel more like play.

Rather than getting nostalgic, embrace the new opportunities and challenges available to you now.

Money is necessary — both to support a family and to advance causes one believes in.

Interesting things come your way but as you get older, your lifestyle changes. I don’t want to travel; I don’t want to be in a hotel room away from my family.

Growing up in a particular neighborhood, growing up in a working-class family, not having much money, all of those things fire you and can give you an edge, can give you an anger.

politics … is the hottest, most dangerous subject in the land. It’s not only a conversation-wrecker, it’s a friendship-wrecker, a family-wrecker, a job-wrecker, a future-wrecker.

I miss you when you’re not there. When you’re happy, it makes me happy. But I could say the same thing about Charlie, Jacob. You’re family. I love you, but I’m not in love with you.

Occasionally, in the afternoons, I catch a movie, watch football, go to Sunday brunch, or visit with family and friends.

I have a real spiritual family.

In Italy, the concept of the family is very important.