If someone paid me a million dollars to drink a glass of milk, I wouldn't do it; maybe that's because I don't need the money.
I used to be really anxious about money. I got that from my parents. I still am, but for entirely different reasons.
Most of the big money people don't know what would interest an audience if you did it. They only know what interested the audience last time.
For example, if I make money, I put it in real estate. I always did very well. Location, location, location.
If we were motivated by money, we would have sold the company a long time ago and ended up on a beach.
The more money Automattic makes, the more we invest into Free and Open Source software that belongs to everybody and services to make that software sing.
We made more money feeding molasses, urea, and corn cobs to cattle than we ever did feeding dent corn.
You cannot go out and say, oh, I am going to raise all this spending, but it's not going to cost anybody any money.
Pretty much, Apple and Dell are the only ones in this industry making money. They make it by being Wal-Mart. We make it by innovation.
You work to earn money. But in Japan, that idea has a bad image, and you're not supposed to say that.
Spotify is returning a huge amount of money. We'll overtake iTunes in terms of what we bring to the record industry in under two years.
At the end of the day, money is just a proxy for votes. That is what makes politics so vulnerable to social media.
Be realistic and truthful - and tell Hong Kong businessmen honestly that they should go for long-term investments since it is unlikely money can be made in the short haul.
I do not think that there is any other quality so essential to success of any kind as the quality of perseverance. It overcomes almost everything, even nature.
With somebody like Harrison Ford, they're so commanding and confident, and you know, he does have a certain power or charisma, and those are things that are sort of ineffable.
The big success stories - Facebook, Zynga and Twitter - are leading to investing in ideas on a napkin, because no one wants to miss out on the next big thing.
Instead of fostering the kind of dialogue in the boardroom that has in part contributed to our success, the board has inappropriately chosen to silence my concerns through termination as an executive officer.
Whenever I've had success, I never learn from it. Success usually breeds a degree of hubris. When you fail, that's when you learn.
Success begins at that magical moment when you declare to yourself, your friends, and the universe that you believe you can do something different.
If my wisdom could get support from officials, I think society would move forward 20 years.
Mobile phones could not work in Africa without prepaid because it's a cash society.
