There’s no better place in the world for technology start-ups than Silicon Valley; there’s such an incredible well of talent and capital and resources. The whole system is set up to foster the creation of new companies.

I was born with a great gift, and sometimes with that comes a destructive streak.

I think most of the people involved in any art always secretly wonder whether they are really there because they’re good or there because they’re lucky.

It takes more than capital to swing business. You’ve got to have the A. I. D. degree to get by – Advertising, Initiative, and Dynamics.

Acting is the most minor of gifts. After all, Shirley Temple could do it when she was four.

I was lucky – I found what I loved to do early in life. Woz and I started Apple in my parents‘ garage when I was 20. We worked hard, and in 10 years, Apple had grown from just the two of us in a garage into a $2 billion company with over 4000 employees.

When it comes to space, I see it as my job, I’m building infrastructure the hard way. I’m using my resources to put in place heavy lifting infrastructure so the next generation of people can have a dynamic, entrepreneurial explosion into space.

Ridicule is the tribute paid to the genius by the mediocrities.

There is no substitute for talent. Industry and all its virtues are of no avail.

This is a fantastic time to be entering the business world, because business is going to change more in the next 10 years than it has in the last 50.

I always thought that if I made it big or got successful at what I had started out to do, that I wanted to come back to my part of the country and do something great, something that would bring a lot of jobs into this area.

As an entrepreneur, I have been known for taking risks throughout my career, but leaving the European Union is not one of the risks I would want the U.K. to take – not as an investor, not as a father, and not as a grandfather. I am deeply concerned about the impact of leaving.

I have no definite talent or trade, and how I stay alive is largely a matter of magic.

Beethoven can write music, thank God, but he can do nothing else on earth.

Irrespective of whether you have talent or not, one has to work hard. Just being talented doesn’t mean anything; you can end up wasting it before you realize.

You know, God gave me a gift to do other things besides play the game of basketball.

The person born with a talent they are meant to use will find their greatest happiness in using it.

The Artist is he who detects and applies the law from observation of the works of Genius, whether of man or Nature. The Artisan is he who merely applies the rules which others have detected.

The woman who can create her own job is the woman who will win fame and fortune.

I’ve never wanted to use my age as a gimmick, as something that would get me ahead of other people. I’ve wanted the music to do that.

I can dance to just about anything.

I feel that my fans have cultivated my talent and they continue to nurture me.

Stupidity is a talent for misconception.

Aside from singing, I’m also a dancer. I’ve been dancing since I was 8.

I think you can give a pure artistic product if you understand how to build your own industry.

Washington isn’t a city, it’s an abstraction.

I think, because I started Virgin when I was a teenager, it has become a part of me, like my family, and I am motivated by ambition for it, almost as if it were a child.

Sincerity makes the very least person to be of more value than the most talented hypocrite.

Sleep is the interest we have to pay on the capital which is called in at death; and the higher the rate of interest and the more regularly it is paid, the further the date of redemption is postponed.

Talent and effort, combined with our various backgrounds and life experiences, has always been the lifeblood of our singular American genius.

To be honest, I never really considered myself to be too much of an actress. So, whenever I get the chance to do music, I’m always, like, just in it. It’s like, ‚Oh my God, I finally get to do this. I’m so happy.‘

I’m a Silicon Valley guy. I just think people from Silicon Valley can do anything.

I believe that we should own the fruits of our labor and the assets of our creations.

Capital as such is not evil; it is its wrong use that is evil. Capital in some form or other will always be needed.

The Global Fund is a central player in the progress being achieved on HIV, TB and malaria. It channels resources to help countries fight these diseases. I believe in its impact because I have seen it firsthand.

There’s been people who’ve rapped and produced – like Kanye – but I don’t feel like on the rapping side there’s ever been a producer who can rap as good as I think I can rap.

I think one of my pursuits over the years is trying to answer the question of, ‚What else can you do with a voice other than stand in front of a microphone and sing?‘

I nearly failed when Virgin was in its infancy; I nearly failed in the early 1980s, and, of course, I have nearly died more than once trying to achieve a world record for boating or ballooning. But through a combination of luck and planning, both Virgin and I are still here.

So I’ve seen life as one long learning process. And if I see – you know, if I fly on somebody else’s airline and find the experience is not a pleasant one, which it wasn’t in – 21 years ago, then I’d think, well, you know, maybe I can create the kind of airline that I’d like to fly on.

Britney Spears was an incredible dancer. That kid was amazing.

It’s hard to tell with these Internet startups if they’re really interested in building companies or if they’re just interested in the money. I can tell you, though: If they don’t really want to build a company, they won’t luck into it. That’s because it’s so hard that if you don’t have a passion, you’ll give up.

If you’re trying to create a company, it’s like baking a cake. You have to have all the ingredients in the right proportion.

The art of delegation is one of the key skills any entrepreneur must master.

I wasn’t born a natural entrepreneur. I had to be trained.

Bad taste creates many more millionaires than good taste.

Those 62 million girls who are not being educated around the world impact my life in Washington, D.C., in the United States of America. Because if we aren’t empowering and providing the skills and the resources to half of our population, then we’re not realizing our full potential as a society, as mankind.

In bourgeois society capital is independent and has individuality, while the living person is dependent and has no individuality.

We believe that if men have the talent to invent new machines that put men out of work, they have the talent to put those men back to work.

Never forget the three powerful resources you always have available to you: love, prayer, and forgiveness.

There are some singers that know exactly when to go, and others hang on much too long and that is the same, that is the same with judges.

I would venture to guess that the biggest reason creative types don’t produce isn’t because they don’t have vision… or talent… in most cases, it’s a lack of discipline.

I consider myself to have one of the greatest voices in the industry.

To turn really interesting ideas and fledgling technologies into a company that can continue to innovate for years, it requires a lot of disciplines.

As I followed my dream – stayed in-Spirit, that is, inspired – I made more money in the first year after I gave up my employment than I had made in the previous 35 years of my life.

Silicon Valley has evolved a critical mass of engineers and venture capitalists and all the support structure – the law firms, the real estate, all that – that are all actually geared toward being accepting of startups.

As soon as I got out there I felt a strange relationship with the pitcher’s mound. It was as if I’d been born out there. Pitching just felt like the most natural thing in the world. Striking out batters was easy.

In order to acquire a growing and lasting respect in society, it is a good thing, if you possess great talent, to give, early in your youth, a very hard kick to the right shin of the society that you love. After that, be a snob.

It’s safe to say headphones is a good business.

Good entrepreneurs are community builders, actively involved with their communities and dedicated to the community’s well being. If you’re dedicated to your community, it will be dedicated to you.

If I haven’t any talent for writing books or newspaper articles, well, then I can always write for myself.

A really great talent finds its happiness in execution.