I firmly believe that success lies in the combination of both talent and business savvy, and that the magic comes through partnership between both.
I was happier when pursuing success than I was when savoring its fruits; the attraction, perhaps the addiction, was in the process, as much as in its end.
I believe that great success is possible in any field - from music to mathematics to macro trading.
Mistakes are the best teachers. One does not learn from success. It is desirable to learn vicariously from other people's failures, but it gets much more firmly seared in when they are your own.
Someone once told me I'm a sore winner, and they're right. I rarely take more than a moment to enjoy a success before I'm moving on and looking for the next challenge.
There is no friendship in trade.
I didn't get the charm gene.
This was the invention of modern American philanthropy as we know it. The idea of systematizing giving to achieve human progress was the true innovation of John D. Rockefeller, and ultimately the Rockefeller Foundation's legacy.
People across the world are yearning to be connected to stories of hope.
I am old enough to remember when America's K-12 public schools were the best in the world. I am a proud graduate of them, and I credit much of my success to what I learned in Detroit Public Schools and at Michigan State University.
Louis Vuitton has a long history with collaborations.
Freedom is what beauty feels like when it can most express itself.
Money is not a fund of knowledge.
I'm not a macroeconomics person.
I don't have the time to be bored.
King Abdullah is a reformer.
I'm not a pirate. I'm an innovator.
I'm not a designer, I'm an inventor.
I don't wear plaid shirts.
In politics, as in business, leadership is crucial.
No news at 4:30 a.m. is good.
