The control of information makes history.
My first influence obviously was Picasso.
If you optimize everything, you will always be unhappy.
Steve: [skeleton hits the windshield] Oh, shit!
As a precious metal, silver is also money.
You make more money if you're generous.
Never spend your money before you have earned it.
Money, not morality, is the principle commerce of civilized nations.
It is a way we reassess our past. We can do that in poetry in ways we can't do in prose.
It's bad poetry executed by people that can't sing. That's my definition of Rap.
Naming a baby is an act of poetry, for many people the only creative moment of their lives.
Theater and poetry were what helped people stay alive and want to go on living.
You can't just stick with something that doesn't work.
When I talk to Steve Martin, he's joyful when he talks about comedy.
It’s finger time!” Steve simply grunted. Li responded like she always had to the request over the past years, by walking over to the tall oak cabinet in his office and pulling out a pack of Vienna Fingers. She then closed the door and walked arou...
I always idolized guys like Deion Sanders, Barry Sanders, Steve Young and the entire 49ers team, really. I was a huge 49ers fan growing up.
To model yourself after Steve Jobs is like, 'I'd like to paint like Picasso, what should I do? Should I use more red?'
Many leaders of big organizations, I think, don't believe that change is possible. But if you look at history, things do change, and if your business is static, you're likely to have issues.
I think it's a little unfair for people to say you're not paying your fair share of taxes. I'm paying what I'm supposed to pay. Change the law, and I'll pay what I'm supposed to pay.
Help young people. Help small guys. Because small guys will be big. Young people will have the seeds you bury in their minds, and when they grow up, they will change the world.
There were two free public libraries within walking distance of my home; I remember taking six books home from every visit, the limit set by the library.
