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.

People who are unable to motivate themselves must be content with mediocrity, no matter how impressive their other talents.

We will naturally pursue our goals on the strength of our own resources, skills and enterprise. But, we know that we will be more successful when we do this in partnership with the world.

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.

Those who create are rare; those who cannot are numerous. Therefore, the latter are stronger.

The real story of Facebook is just that we’ve worked so hard for all this time. I mean, the real story is actually probably pretty boring, right? I mean, we just sat at our computers for six years and coded.

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.

Does anybody really think that they didn’t get what they had because they didn’t have the talent or the strength or the endurance or the commitment?

What changed our lives forever was when Malcolm had the idea to sell rock ‚n roll records to trendy customers.

We moved into the back, made it into a little 50s sitting room and started to sell the records. We had an immediate success. For one thing, these Teddy Boys were thrilled to buy the records.

We, we – as I say, we go in and shake up other industries and I think, you know, we do it differently and I think that industries are not quite the same as a result of Virgin attacking the market.

I own my own company, so I’ve never had businessmen telling me what to do or getting worried if something doesn’t sell. I’ve always had my own access to the public, because I started off making my clothes for a little shop and so I’ve always had people buying them.

Politics is just a function of business now, just a tributary of the great entrepreneurial capitalist system.

What you are, you are by accident of birth; what I am, I am by myself. There are and will be a thousand princes; there is only one Beethoven.

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

It is my absolute belief that Indians have unlimited talent. I have no doubt about our capabilities.

I’m not really an actor, I’m a reactor; I’m a pitchman. That’s what I do best. Nobody can do it any better.

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

My biggest criticism is how can people be so easily satisfied? Even people with talent.

Genius, when young, is divine.

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

But, having a perfume and license, in general, is a financial necessity. A designer must, to reap back the money spent on prototypes and all that sort of thing.

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.

It feels good being a restaurant owner because it’s part of my dreams of being the biggest mogul.

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.

The first mistake in public business is the going into it.

You cannot make a giant space company in your dorm room. Not today. And the reason is that the heavy lifting infrastructure isn’t in place.

Prophesy is a good line of business, but it is full of risks.

There’s no reason why I can’t be a mogul. When I step into a room and I’m there to have a conversation, if it pertains to business, I want to be respected as a guy who knows what he’s talking about. And that, to me, holds more weight than anything else.

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

A person who is gifted sees the essential point and leaves the rest as surplus.

I had no talent for science. What was infinitely worse: all my fraternity brothers were engineers.

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.‘

My name is Adam Sandler. I’m not particularly talented. I’m not particularly good-looking. And yet I’m a multi-millionaire.

The thing most people don’t pick up when they become an entrepreneur is that it never ends. It’s 24/7.

Tourism provides employment to the poorest of the poor. Gram seller earns something, auto-rickshaw driver earns something, pakoda seller earns something, and tea seller also earns something.

When times are bad is when the real entrepreneurs emerge.

We think the Mac will sell zillions, but we didn’t build the Mac for anybody else. We built it for ourselves. We were the group of people who were going to judge whether it was great or not. We weren’t going to go out and do market research. We just wanted to build the best thing we could build.

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.

We get paid for bringing value to the market place.

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

I wouldn’t say that I am one of the greatest dancers, but I am really quite good at what I do.

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.

I am very happy playing and showing off my talent on the cricket field and have no plans to enter Bollywood.

His talent was as natural as the pattern that was made by the dust on a butterfly’s wings. At one time he understood it no more than the butterfly did and he did not know when it was brushed or marred.

I believe that every one of us has a gift. And I believe that mine is the ability to take the complex and make it simple.

While still working for others, your goal at some point must be to carve out little areas that you can operate on your own, cultivating entrepreneurial skills.

Starting a business is not for everyone. Starting a business – I’d say, number one is have a high pain threshold.

Above everything else I’ve done, I’ve always said I’ve had more guts than I’ve got talent.

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

Children’s talent to endure stems from their ignorance of alternatives.

Some people regard private enterprise as a predatory tiger to be shot. Others look on it as a cow they can milk. Not enough people see it as a healthy horse, pulling a sturdy wagon.

The greatest story of all is Colonel Sanders. He didn’t start until he was sixty-six on a freeway bypass for his chicken shop. Anything is possible!

I’m a businessman as well as an entertainer. The reason why is because I want to own whatever I’m doing. I don’t want to work for other people forever.

Black or white good parts are hard to come by. A good actor with a good opportunity has a shot; without the opportunity it doesn’t matter how good you are.

It’s no secret that we were sticking just about every nickel we had on the chance that people would really be interested in something totally new and unique in the field of entertainment.

I think any activity you have your kids in, you’re all trying to live vicariously through them. And you’re jealous of the kid that’s naturally more talented or has the facility, the body, the genes, or the God-given talent. People get jealous of that.

I’m born with a pencil in my hand. I did lots of sketching.

For a successful entrepreneur it can mean extreme wealth. But with extreme wealth comes extreme responsibility. And the responsibility for me is to invest in creating new businesses, create jobs, employ people, and to put money aside to tackle issues where we can make a difference.

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

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