“Think of business as a good game. Lots of competition and a minimum of rules. You keep score with money.”

The vision is really about empowering workers giving them all the information about what’s going on so they can do a lot more than they’ve done in the past.

Legacy is a stupid thing! I don’t want a legacy.

It’s hard to improve public education – that’s clear.

The first five years have so much to do with how the next 80 turn out.

Technology is just a tool. In terms of getting the kids working together and motivating them, the teacher is the most important.

Great organizations demand a high level of commitment by the people involved.

It’s fine to celebrate success but it is more important to heed the lessons of failure.

Life’s not fair, get used to it.

The greatest thing you can do for your competition – hire poorly.

Technology is unlocking the innate compassion we have for our fellow human beings.

I read an hour almost every night. It’s part of falling asleep.

If your business is not on the Internet, then your business will be out of business.

Life is not a continuous process, there’s some sort of finite number of achievements that defines your life.

I believe innovation is the most powerful force for change in the world.

There’s a lot that can be done for people who are using technology in a better way.

I went public too soon. Stay private as long as you can.

What others think about you is none of your business.

I would rather die than have my fans see me without a pair of heels on. And that’s show business.

Anyone who is not investing now is missing a tremendous opportunity.

If I love you, what business is it of yours?

A great part, perhaps the greatest part, of the business of our reason consists in the analysation of the conceptions which we already possess of objects.

As long as politics is the shadow of big business, the attenuation of the shadow will not change the substance.

If you’re in business, you need to understand the environment. You need to have a vision of the future, and you need to know the past.

You cannot have people in your organization who are pessimists. They take you to mediocrity.