When the music business failed to embrace the Internet, I thought it was game, set and match for the industry, and I quit.

I heard a lot in school, 'You've got a really great talent, but there's no way you're going to be a dancer with that body.

There's a basic principle about consumer electronics: it gets more powerful all the time and it gets cheaper all the time.

India's place in the sun would come from the partnership between wisdom of its rural people and skill of its professionals

The real force of Silicon Valley is the mentality, the spirit. There's no reason at all that can't be replicated in Paris.

Facebook now is mostly about people you know. In the future it could be about people you know less but are more important.

My workday begins around 11 A.M., with a cup of black coffee in each hand. If I had more hands, there would be more coffee.

I'm basically a dinosaur. I don't use e-mail. But I do recognize the importance of science and the resulting possibilities.

I would have never imagined that I'd become a shoe salesman so that I could give away shoes. I mean that idea is ludicrous.

Practice is the price of mastery. Whatever you practice over and over again becomes a new habit of thought and performance.

When you want something badly enough, you will develop the confidence and the ability to overcome any obstacle in your way.

You can achieve almost any goal if you just do what other successful people have done to achieve the same goals before you.

Your greatest asset is your earning ability, to apply your knowledge, skills in order to get results which others will pay.

List 20 things you are going to do in the next 30 days to fast-start your career. Then take action on at least one of them.

Our target market is recreational bettors, but that doesn't mean we expel the wise guys. A big bet for us is maybe $10,000.

Use your own experiences and pain points to identify an opportunity. Be arrogant thinking you can do it better than others.

Use correct grammar and punctuation. Do not use net speak, like WOT, W-O-T or U. Those messages get a lot lower reply rate.

There's something inside of me that makes me want to help people, especially people who are having difficulty of some kind.

The main reason people want to pay for Spotify is really portability. People are saying, 'I want to have my music with me.'

I bet on a lot of stuff that's low-priced, and most of it's going to go back down to zero. But some of it's going to go up.

I consider high-speed data transmission an invention that became a major innovation. It changed the way we all communicate.

Many training programs and often schools focus on just a skill or a kind of work competency. That's only half the equation.

Many business leaders are seeing the relationship between long term success and sustainability, and that's very heartening.

Only worry about your own happiness, which doesn’t have to be limited by anyone else’s stupidity unless you allow it to be.

Help is a conversation. If one side talks too much, the other side will get bored. So make sure you help back when you can.

I'm scammed almost every day. Or, if not scammed, at the very least someone tries to scam me. Usually more than once a day.

The blogosphere is real, and it can be really harsh on fakes... so, if you're a phoney, you're going to get your bell rung.

YouTube has made a lot of changes to support time on site - a statistic they care about. But subscriber support is lacking.

The common question that gets asked in business is, why? That’s a good question, but an equally valid question is, why not?

Amazon.com strives to be the e-commerce destination where consumers can find and discover anything they want to buy online.

I was still too young to know that there is no such thing as love without trust. There is only obsession and co-dependence.

I'm really excited about anything that is able to address the really big markets, so anything that's universally appealing.

By trying to live Christmas 12 months a year, we CAN make this world a better place to live - for others and for ourselves.

Literacy in Tunisia is almost 100%. It's amazing - no country in the region or even in Asia can match Tunisia in education.

Experience shows that when political governance and economic management diverge, overall development becomes unsustainable.

'Founder' is a state of mind, not a job description, and if done right, even CEOs who join after day 1 can become founders.

Can you buy friendship? You not only can, you must. It's the only way to obtain friends. Everything worthwhile has a price.

I'm convinced that about half of what separates successful entrepreneurs from the non-successful ones is pure perseverance.

After all the statistics and calculations are formulated, the one element that breathes life into marketing is good design.

I wish developing great products was as easy as writing a check. If that was the case, Microsoft would have great products.

To have your whole music library with you at all times is a quantum leap in listening to music. How do we possibly do this?

The roots of apple were to build computers for people, not for corporations. The world doesn't need another dell or compaq.

I get asked a lot why Apple's customers are so loyal. It's not because they belong to the Church of Mac! That's ridiculous.

My whole life has always been about looking for that person that money can't buy in that they've got a bee in their bonnet.

I heard a lot in school, 'You've got a really great talent, but there's no way you're going to be a dancer with that body.'

Startups often win because it's easier to see what comes next when you don't have to worry about maintaining what came last.

The best technology is aimed far enough in the future that it stands out, but close enough to the present that it blends in.

Life isn't about trying to be an expert in everything. It's about being an expert in one thing and offering it to the world.

Respect is the key determinant of high performance leadership. How much people respect you determines how well they perform.

What one skill, if you developed it, could have the greatest positive impact on your career? This is the key to your future.

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