It [August 10th 1792] was the bloodiest day of the Revolution so far, but also one of the most decisive.

Nowadays, anyone who cannot speak English and is incapable of using the Internet is regarded as backward.

I believe Twitter, right now, is just finishing the venture capital phase, getting into a maturity level.

Bad companies are destroyed by crisis, Good companies survive them, Great companies are improved by them.

We love Cyclops and as you know, we love James. It's a great team and we'll continue the team, obviously.

I never went online when I was single, aside from flirting with people on MySpace when that was relevant.

The one thing with stress is, you've got to keep your focus on what you can do, not what happened to you.

Beer is not a good cocktail-party drink, especially in a home where you don't know where the bathroom is.

We really believe that Walt Disney is a very able company with great depth and a great set of franchises.

I caught hold of the great bull market in soybeans in 1977. I had no idea what I was doing, incidentally.

You need to make sure that you are where you think you are indispensable. And dedicate your task to that.

Koch companies employ 60,000 Americans, who make many thousands of products that Americans want and need.

There has to be a balance in life. A balance of business, family, and the opportunity to learn and teach.

Nothing comes easy. Success doesn't just drop on your lap. You have to go out and fight for it every day.

I went to Carnegie Mellon and was an electrical engineer, but electrical engineering wasn't right for me.

We all have a tendency to use research as a drunkard uses a lamppost – for support, not for illumination.

To advertisers: "Do not compete with your agency in the creative area. Why keep a dog and bark yourself?"

The more story-appeal there is in the picture or in the photograph, the more people would look at your ad

Our offices must always be headed by the kind of men who command respect. Not phonies, zeros or bastards.

I've always wanted to go to Timbuktu. First of all I think it has the best name of anywhere in the world.

Realize that ultimate success comes from opportunistic,bold moves which by definition, cannot be planned.

I did one of those 'born again' things and invited Jesus to become the chairman of the board, of my life.

There's a strength to being able to look at products through a customer's eyes, but it is also dangerous.

If you don't invest in risk management, it doesn't matter what business you're in, it's a risky business.

We spend millions of hours doing taxes and spend so much money doing our taxes. It should be very simple.

As a salesperson, you will be judged by your ability to keep a stalled conversation moving along briskly.

In a litigation-happy society, clear agreements often prevent small disagreements from becoming big ones.

Africa touches me. At night, there's this thought in your brain that a million years ago we started here.

The men who have furnished me with my greatest inspiration have not been men of wealth, but men of deeds.

That's one of the challenges of investing in China, is the lack of clarity with respect to tax positions.

I would be the first to say that while a lack of money can cause misery, money doesn't buy you happiness.

I have never been a social lion; I was misidentified as one because I have a very attractive second wife.

When you have built a $3 billion company out of a broom closet, I think you are entitled to a nice house.

Gratitude is a mark of a noble soul and a refined character. We like to be around those who are grateful.

I'd rather be a big fish in a specialized pond than a little, little fish in a more generalized big pond.

All that matters in business is that you get it right once. Then everyone can tell you how lucky you are.

Whatever you can say in a meeting, you can put in an email. If I have questions, I'll tell you via email.

It's a long journey. There will be good times, and there will be bad times, but SoftBank is always there.

It's interesting: the letters I get from mayors that want Wal-Mart to look and invest in their community.

I can sell anything that I totally believe in but I’m a horrible salesman of something I don’t believe in

A smartphone is great for when one person is documenting another thing or another person doing something.

For the very first time, viewers will be able to watch their favorite shows before the rest of the world.

There's a company behind every stock and a reason companies - and their stocks - perform the way they do.

None can destroy iron, but its own rust can! Likewise none can destroy a person, but its own mindset can!

Its easy to have principles when you're rich. The important thing is to have principles when you're poor.

The activist is not the man who says the river is dirty. The activist is the man who cleans up the river.

My role in life is that of the grain of sand to the oyster-it irritates the oyster and out comes a pearl.

I learned analytics. It's a point of reference, of information. It has to be a factor in decision making.

Football is about as popular as it can be in the U.S. The upside, the expansion and growth lies overseas.

You don't need to be a computer scientist to use a Windows Phone. I think you do to use an Android phone.

Share This Page