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

If you are born Poor its not your mistake, but if you die poor its your mistake.

The world needs banking but it does not need banks.

I choose a lazy person to do a hard job. Because a lazy person will find an easy way to do it.

Software is more important than hardware.

I believe that if you show people the problems and you show them the solutions they will be moved to act.

Leaders are those who empower others.

Patience is a key element of success.

Be nice to nerds, they’ll probably be your boss one day.

If you are born poor its not your mistake, But if you die poor its your mistake.

The computer will live your life, listen to you and understand you better than humans can.

Whether I’m at the office, at home, or on the road, I always have a stack of books I’m looking forward to reading.

Television is not real life. In real life people actually have to leave the coffee shop and go to jobs.

Your most unhappy customers are your greatest source of learning.

What I do best is share my enthusiasm.

A fundamental new rule for business is that the Internet changes everything.

The need to communicate effectively with your customers will come up again and again.

Building becomes architecture only when the mind of man consciously takes it and tries with all his resources to make it beautiful, to put concordance, sympathy with nature, and all that into it. Then you have architecture.

It is good to have competition.

Whether on the battlefield or in the business world, leaders must be comfortable accepting some level of risk.

Poetry is a verdict, not an occupation.

Leadership is a potent combination of strategy and character. But if you must be without one, be without the strategy.

Fear will keep you alive in a war. Fear will keep you alive in business. There’s nothing wrong with fear.

Power will be maintained by the groovy guy or gal who gets the most media coverage for his sleaze. Naturally, his friends in various businesses will do okay, too.

It’s a dangerous business, Frodo, going out your door. You step onto the road, and if you don’t keep your feet, there’s no knowing where you might be swept off to.