An entrepreneur tends to bite off a little more than he can chew hoping he’ll quickly learn how to chew it.
If you aren't making waves, you aren't kicking hard enough.
I never took a day off in my twenties. Not one.
Failure is an option here. If things are not failing, you are not innovating enough.
If something is important enough, even if the odds are against you, you should still do it.
Don’t be afraid of new arenas.
I think it is possible for ordinary people to choose to be extraordinary.
I could either watch it happen or be a part of it.
Take a simple idea and take it seriously.
There are always people who will be better at something than you are. You have to learn to be a follower before you become a leader.
You don’t have to be brilliant, only a little bit wiser than the other guys, on average, for a long, long time.
Acknowledging what you don’t know is the dawning of wisdom.
Remember that reputation and integrity are your most valuable assets – and can be lost in a heartbeat.
The safest way to try to get what you want is to try to deserve what you want. It’s such a simple idea. It’s the golden rule. You want to deliver to the world what you would buy if you were on the other end.
Intense interest in any subject is indispensable if you’re really going to excel in it.
I hate that word – “lucky.” It cheapens a lot of hard work. Living in Brooklyn in an apartment without any heat and paying for dinner at the bodega with dimes – I don’t think I felt myself lucky back then. Doing plays for 50 bucks and trying to be true to myself as an artist and turning down commercials where they wanted a leprechaun. Saying I was lucky negates the hard work I put in and spits on that guy who’s freezing his ass off back in Brooklyn. So I won’t say I’m lucky. I’m fortunate enough to find or attract very talented people. For some reason I found them, and they found me.
If people are not laughing at your goals, your goals are too small.
If you’re trying to create a company, it’s like baking a cake. You have to have all the ingredients in the right proportion.
Being an entrepreneur is like eating glass and staring into the abyss of death.
I don’t create companies for the sake of creating companies, but to get things done.