I was a mime. I'm not kidding. I went to Northwestern University and they have a mime company, so we did a lot of training and then a lot of mime shows around Chicago.
One of the most widespread myths about the deal is that the Administration is outsourcing the security of our ports to a company from the United Arab Emirates.
I vowed I would never do a commercial, or a soap opera - both of which I did as soon as I left the Acting Company and was starving.
I was fascinated with the phone system and how it worked; I became a hacker to get better control over the phone company.
Usually companies hire me, and they know full well who I am, and that's one of the reasons they want to hire me.
I do not own a single security anywhere that doesn't pay a dividend, and I formed a mutual-fund company with that very simple philosophy.
When you see most companies get big, they want to shout about all they've done. But the consumer wants to know: 'What have you done for me lately?'
I'm not only a fan of Apple products, I have stock in the company. I think Steve Jobs has started one of the greatest corporations in the world.
Would I advise early-stage companies against taking debt? One hundred percent yes.
Blessed are you when you enjoyed the company of elderly people. They are always ready to share their rich experience and wisdom with young people.
Companies that grow create wealth. This, in turn, allows people to have jobs that create more growth and more wealth. It's a virtuous cycle.
As we expand our knowledge of good books, we shrink the circle of men whose company we appreciate.
The first play I wrote was called 'Twenty-five.' It was played by our company in Dublin and London, and was adapted and translated into Irish and played in America.
I didn't want my genome to be sequenced by any of the companies that were out there doing the partial sequences just from the point of view of commercialisation.
Innovative companies have started to realize there are not enough 'green consumers' willing to pay more for something just because it's green.
An enormous amount of direct advertising from pharmaceutical companies are offering a kind of instantaneous solution to problems.
I've been lucky to be able to make the records I've wanted to make. The record company has never pressured me to cut certain songs.
The lack of available credit and loans is having a severe impact on small businesses in particular, but also their suppliers and the bigger companies too.
Tech stocks are trading at a 30-year-low when compared to the multiples of industrials (companies). It's the weirdest bubble when everyone hates everything.
No one should expect building a new high-growth, software-powered company in an established industry to be easy. It's brutally difficult.
Any company of my size cannot live without thinking it's possible to go public one day.
