We're not going to be the first to this party, but we're going to be the best.

the best innovation is sometimes the company, the way you organize the company

The music and airlines businesses are tough, but I've been successful in them.

None of our competitors have ever made two systems that run the same software.

[PlayStation 2] is a new canvas for humanity that takes us back to our nature.

A key to achieving success is to assemble a strong and stable management team.

It's easy to be cynical about American politics. It's more important not to be.

When you nourish your body with pure energy, you transform from the inside out.

Exceptional performers are masterful opportunists, keenly alert to opportunity!

The tendency to follow the path of least resistance guarantees failure in life.

The act of taking the first step is what separates the winners from the losers.

Resolve in advance to persist until you succeed, no matter what the difficulty.

Accept complete responsibility both for understanding and for being understood.

Any system or blueprint for success is better than none at all. Think on paper.

I had spent years in the United States military. Specifically in the U.S. Navy.

People tend to prefer their own race online in terms of the volume of messages.

I want you to know, at this very moment, I am simulating normal human behavior.

Def Jam and Roc-A-Fella were two equal entities under the Def Island umbrellas.

You do something when you're 20, and you're still paying for it when you're 40.

What you can't buy is the loyalty that comes through our dedicated crewmembers.

I definitely am afraid of needles. It's the only thing that actually scares me.

I believe that companies that are independent are more competitive, ultimately.

I tell people if I want to make a film I just go make it so you can make yours.

I also live in the present, due to the constraints of the space-time continuum.

Teachers are asked to do so much, and they can't be good at every single thing.

The company will never go to the market. We want to keep strict self-financing.

If you view everyone as your enemies, everyone around you will be your enemies.

Airbnb is a much more effective protest than shutting down the Brooklyn Bridge.

In the technology industry, a 48 hour work week would be, for most, a vacation.

I told all of our original investors that they would lose their money for sure.

The great thing about fact-based decisions is that they overrule the hierarchy.

People will visit Mars, they will settle mars, and we should because it's cool.

Do what you love, and do it well - that's much more meaningful than any metric.

I have yet to take capital losses on any company. Then again, it's still early.

One of the secrets of success is to refuse to let temporary setbacks defeat us.

Akismet started on a $70 dollar-a-month server. Anyone can scrape together $70.

Longreads embodies a lot of what we really value with Automattic and WordPress.

People who focus exclusively on efforts that matter, succeed. It's that simple.

It was a no-brainer that the cellular route would be a great success in Africa.

The oneness of human beings is the basic ethical thread that holds us together.

Great entrepreneurs focus intensely on an opportunity where others see nothing.

The next Google or Facebook will come from somewhere other than Silicon Valley.

Today's 'best practices' lead to dead ends; the best paths are new and untried.

Under perfect competition, in the long run no company makes an economic profit.

A lot of the key to Apple's succes is Designing technology in order to hide it.

Recruiting is a core competency for any company. It should never be outsourced.

Ebay's success as a company depends on the success of the community of sellers.

I want a life of good sport, good people and the competition that goes with it.

If you don't start out aiming for the big game, you almost never can get there.

Everything changes for the better when you take ownership of your own problems.

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