"Patience is a key element of success.”
“Success is a lousy teacher. It seduces smart people into thinking they can’t lose.”
“It’s fine to celebrate success, but it is more important to heed the lessons of failure.”
“People always fear change. People feared electricity when it was invented, didn’t they?”
“If you can’t make it good, at least make it look good.”
“I have been struck again and again by how important measurement is to improving the human condition.”
“If I’d had some set idea of a finish line, don’t you think I would have crossed it years ago?”
“We always overestimate the change that will occur in the next two years and underestimate the change that will occur in the next ten. Don’t let yourself be lulled into inaction "
“To win big, you sometimes have to take big risks.”
“We’ve got to put a lot of money into changing behavior.”
“Of my mental cycles, I devote maybe 10% to business thinking. Business isn’t that complicated. I wouldn’t want that on my business card.”
“I choose a lazy person to do a hard job. Because a lazy person will find an easy way to do it.”
“Television is not real life. In real life people actually have to leave the coffee shop and go to jobs.”
“Life is not fair – get used to it!”
