Crony capitalism is much easier than competing in an open market. But it erodes our overall standard of living and stifles entrepreneurs by rewarding the politically favored rather than those who provide what consumers want.

I want to stress again one aspect of the game which is most important. Never argue with an umpire.

I’ve always been a bit of a maverick. I like to do things my way.

Do unto others 20% better than you’d expect them to do unto you to correct subjective error.

When an old and distinguished person speaks to you, listen to him carefully and with respect — but do not believe him. Never put your trust into anything but your own intellect. Your elder, no matter whether he has gray hair or has lost his hair, no matter whether he is a Nobel laureate — may be wrong. The world progresses, year by year, century by century, as the members of the younger generation find out what was wrong among the things that their elders said. So you must always be skeptical — always think for yourself.

Being a team player means putting the needs of the team above your own personal achievements.

Lennon’s was one of the first voices I emulated when I began to sing. When we held tryouts in my pal’s dad’s living room for the singer in our band, I sang a Beatles song that Lennon sang. There is something about the timbre of his voice, something that it conveys, that still gets to me. The quality and the poetry of his lyrics. The wry sense of humor. And the boyishness, in the beginning. There are a great many things that touch me about him… Lennon was, to put it in his own words, a ‘working-class hero.

I could stand out front and sing Eagles songs that I sing in my set, but I think people enjoy watching me sing and play the drums. It seems to fascinate people. I don’t know why.

To discover a law is the highest achievement of the human spiri

It may be well to wait a century for a reader, as God has waited six thousand years for an observer.

We do not ask for what useful purpose the birds do sing, for song is their pleasure since they were created for singing. Similarly, we ought not to ask why the human mind troubles to fathom the secrets of the heavens…

What I’d tell any kid in high school is, ‘Take business classes.’ I don’t care what else you’re gonna do; if you’re gonna do art or anything, take business classes. You can say, ‘Well, I don’t want to get commercial,’ but if you do anything to make any money, you’re doing something commercial.

People said, “Jane, forget about this nonsense with Africa. Dream about things you can achieve.

Empathy is really important.. Only when our clever brain and our human heart work together in harmony can we achieve our full potential.

I think my message to the politicians who have within their power the ability to make change is, ‘Do you really, really not care about the future of your great-grandchildren? Because if we let the world continue to be destroyed the way we are now, what’s the world going to be like for your great-grandchildren?’

I did this book ‘Harvest for Hope,’ and I learned so much about food. And one thing I learned is that we have the guts not of a carnivore, but of an herbivore. Herbivore guts are very long because they have to get the last bit of nutrition out of leaves and things.

My mother always taught us that if people don’t agree with you, the important thing is to listen to them. But if you’ve listened to them carefully and you still think that you’re right, then you must have the courage of your convictions.

Milestones have never really meant a lot. They probably will mean more when I’ve finished playing and actually reflect on what I have achieved.

The time to think about personal achievement is at the end of your career.

It’s kind of dangerous to cut in the camera, but that’s the only way I know how to direct.

My mother Vivian Ayers always instilled within her children that our opinions, our thoughts and our ideas about what was possible was important. My mother made me feel that I was important as a thinker at four-years-old. And I instill that within my students everyday.

Kids talk to me and say they want to do musicals again because they’ve studied the tapes of the old films. We didn’t have that. We thought once we had made it, even on film, it was gone except for the archives.

Things danced on the screen do not look the way they do on the stage. On the stage, dancing is three-dimensional, but a motion picture is two-dimensional.

Science advances one funeral at a time.

Anybody who has been seriously engaged in scientific work of any kind realizes that over the entrance to the gates of the temple of science are written the words: Ye must have faith. It is a quality which the scientist cannot dispense with.

Belief in yourself is the first step towards achieving anything in life.

Prince Charles is very relaxed at the table, throwing his salad around willy-nilly. I didn’t find him stiff at all.

I always wished that I could find someone as beautiful as you, but in the process I forgot that I was special too.

There’s no such thing as the perfect soulmate. If you meet someone and you think they’re perfect, you better run as fast as you can in the other direction. ‘Cos your soulmate is the person that pushes all your buttons, pisses you off on a regular basis, and makes you face your shit.

I laugh at myself. I don’t take myself completely seriously. I think that’s another quality that people have to hold on to… you have to laugh, especially at yourself.

There’s a drive in me that won’t allow me to do certain things that are easy.

Evolution works creatively, with a bootstrapping tactic. Every level of the system sends feedback to every other level.

Owing to some peculiarity in my nervous system, I have perception of some things, which no one else has; or at least very few, if any… I can throw rays from every quarter of the universe into one vast focus.

Understand well as I may, my comprehension can only be an infinitesimal fraction of all I want to understand.

Use the voice that you were given. Shout what you believe in from the top of your lungs. Never let anyone quiet you.

Instead of looking in the mirror and focusing on your flaws, look in the mirror and appreciate your best features, everyone has them.

It’s a simple law of attraction that you get back what you put out into the universe. The more love you give, the more love you attract. The more love you attract, the more love you receive. WHen we put good energy into the world, we feel good. We make those around us feel good.

But you’re so hypnotizing You’ve got me laughing while I sing You’ve got me smiling in my sleep And I can see this unravelling Your love is where I’m falling But please don’t catch me

She was scared Unprepared Lost in the dark Falling apart I can’t survive Without you by my side We’re gonna be alright This is what happens when Two worlds collide.

Show me how you drive and I’ll show you who you are.

We’ve come a long way, from where we’ve been. I’ll tell you all about it when I see you again.

The task of science is to make the invisible visible.

No, no, you’re not thinking; you’re just being logical.

There are some things so serious you have to laugh at them.

A physicist is just an atom’s way of looking at itself.

Football boots are very technical and have lots of specific requirements.

We have to keep our feet on the ground.

If you are determined and confident, there is nothing in this great existence that can stop you from achieving what you want.

Real Madrid is the most important thing that happened to me, both as a footballer and as a person.

I once cried because I had no shoes to play soccer, but one day, I met a man who had no feet.

I guess I just don’t see America as separate from Vietnam or Ethiopia. This mentality of ‘our team’s better than yours’ – it’s a high school idea. My kids don’t see those dividing lines, and I don’t want to either.

The Internet has done a wonderful thing for us. But democracy doesn’t work unless people are well informed, and I don’t know that we are. People just don’t have the time.

We sometimes let ourselves be rated too much by others – we put so much emphasis on a paycheck or what a magazine says.

Being an artist doesn’t just mean you have a song. That doesn’t make you an artist. The word ‘artist’ means so many different things, and I feel like to be a real one, you really have to do it all. The people that I think of as artists – Tyler the Creator, Childish Gambino, Kanye West – are doing the most.

I’ve always liked being busy. If I have nothing to do for a week, it just makes me mad.

I’m gonna make what I want to make, and other people are gonna like what they’re gonna like. It doesn’t really matter.

What makes a song last is real content from a mind that is thinking a little bit harder about certain things. A lot of artists don’t really think that hard.

From my childhood I had been intended for the clergy. This prospect hung like a dark cloud on my mind.

The year 2100 will see eugenics universally established. In past ages, the law governing the survival of the fittest roughly weeded out the less desirable strains. Then man’s new sense of pity began to interfere with the ruthless workings of nature. As a result, we continue to keep alive and to breed the unfit.

I could only achieve success in my life through self-discipline, and I applied it until my wish and my will became one.

Reaching the penalty box and not getting in a shot on goal is like dancing with your sister.

No matter what happens, and no matter who is in charge, the number 10 shirt will always be mine.

The Manchester Derby is bigger and more important than El Classico.

I am Maradona, who makes goals, who makes mistakes. I can take it all, I have shoulders big enough to fight with everybody.

Messi scores a goal and celebrates. Cristiano scores a goal and poses like he’s in a shampoo commercial.

The ball is my friend.

Failures teach us invaluable lessons.

After high school, I enrolled at the University of Nebraska at Lincoln, but I stayed only a year and a half. I felt college was a waste of time; I wanted to start working.

News in general doesn’t matter most of the time, and most people would be far better off if they spent their time consuming less news and more ideas that have more lasting import.

Twitter is about sharing what you’re thinking.

Always have something to look forward to.

I knew it was my time to retire, when I saw Messi running past me.

I just want people to see me as a hard-working footballer and someone who is passionate about the game.

I’m a very stubborn person. I think it has helped me over my career. I’m sure it has hindered me at times as well, but not too many times. I know that if I set my mind to do something, even if people are saying I can’t do it, I will achieve it.

In my career, there’s many things I’ve won and many things I’ve achieved, but for me, my greatest achievement is my children and my family. It’s about being a good father, a good husband, just being connected to family as much as possible.

I have always believed that if you want to achieve anything special in life you have to work, work, and then work some more.

I’ve had both my eye sockets crushed, I’ve been set on fire, uh, that was not fun, I’ve torn a pec, torn biceps.

I’ve crippled more people than polio.

Everything is happening for a reason, it’s preparing you for bigger things.

Patience and perseverance have a magical effect before which difficulties disappear.

I was taken off from plane and interrogated by U.S. Immigration in Canada on my views on drones. My stance is known. Drone attacks must stop.

I have fruit trees. Cows for fresh milk, yoghurt. My own wheat. I’m basically self-sufficient.

I am basically a private person.

I do not have any fears, no fear of dying, of failure, of anything; that means I am very dangerous for my opponents.

The only way to achieve true success is to help others.

When you remove the concept of reward and punishment on merit, the system collapses.

I was interested in data mining, which means analyzing large amounts of data, discovering patterns and trends. At the same time, Larry started downloading the Web, which turns out to be the most interesting data you can possibly mine.

We deal with all varieties of information. Somebody’s always upset no matter what we do. We have to make a decision; otherwise there’s a never-ending debate.

Having been trained as a computer scientist in the ’90s, everybody knew that AI didn’t work. People tried it. They tried neural nets, and none of it worked.

I would like to see anyone be able to achieve their dreams, and that’s what this organization does.

Before Google, I don’t think people put much effort into the ordering of results. You might get a couple thouand results for a query. We saw that a thousand results weren’t necessarily as useful as 10 good ones.

If you are in Bangkok, you will find that people there will never speak to you without joining their hands. It’s not that they are speaking to you like that because you are tourists. They even speak at their home like that.

IIFA is always involved in charity, and that’s why it’s a great thing that I am a part of IIFA and will continue to work along with them

Controversies are a package deal in this industry. You just have to understand that and accept it.

My dad was a Punjabi from Amritsar, and my mom is a Punjabi from Kashmir. My dad was a soldier in the Indian Army.

Greatness is achieved through consistent hard work.

Never give up, because you never know how close you are to success.

We knew that if we had to win the World Cup, the defensive side of the game had to be better, which means bowlers will have to bowl tight and we will have to field better.

Your competition is not other people but the time you kill, the ill will you create, the knowledge you neglect to learn, the connections you fail to build, the health you sacrifice along the path, your inability to generate ideas, the people around you who don’t support and love your efforts, and whatever god you curse for your bad luck.

Surround yourself with people who believe in you and support your ambitions.

At the end of the day, if you’re a professional athlete in track and field you are the CEO of your company.

Track and field is the best way to reach out for kids. It doesn’t matter how fast you are. You always want to beat someone.

There is nothing worse that a thirteen-year-old boy. You’re embarrassed by your parents, and you’re trying to find your independance because, deep inside, you are so dependent on your mom.

In our culture, we get very much into shorthanding people. And I got shorthanded as That Guy: Jennifer Lopez, movies bombed, therefore he must be a sort of thoughtless dilettante, solipsistic consumer blahblahblah. It’s hard to shake those sort of narratives.

The trap for an actor is that you become too successful at what you’re trying to do, and you can find yourself stuck there.

I’ve learned to think, I may succeed or fail, but I’m going to do so on the merit of my own instincts.

A sale is made on every call you make. Either you sell the client some stock or he sells you a reason he can’t. Either way a sale is made, the only question is: Who is gonna close?

Every time you step onto the field, you’ve got to think that you’re going to take a wicket.

My life was falling apart and then to come out and play and have my best ever – 40 wickets, 250 runs… But the only reason I could do that was because of the way I thought and I think I’m pretty strong mentally. I think I am anyway, pretty strong to get over whatever it is.

I’ll be going to bed having nightmares of Sachin just running down the wicket and belting me back over the head for six. He was unstoppable. I don’t think anyone, apart from Don Bradman, is in the same class as Sachin Tendulkar. He is just an amazing player.

To me, cricket is a simple game. Keep it simple and just go out and play.

All my coaches tell me that I have been under achieving.

I’m a firm believer in setting goals and working hard to achieve them.

Success is not just about achieving your goals, but also about enjoying the journey along the way.

Television is such an evolving medium.

I believe in the power of dreams and never giving up on what you want to achieve.

There’s nothing funnier than a giant, grown man rollerblading.

Sometimes you have to take risks and step outside your comfort zone to achieve your goals.

A friend bought me a plane ticket to Hawaii, which is where I got discovered and became an actor, so I guess a friend bought me a winning lottery ticket.

My life is PG-13 sometimes, and I really want Josh Grogan to propose to me, and he just won’t do it.

Sometimes you have to step out of your comfort zone to grow.

Yes, you should be healthy and take care of yourself, but growing up, I’ve seen people who have horrible issues with food.

Often, joking for me is a way of diffusing the awkwardness of a situation, so it’s kind of exhilarating to be a part of projects where there’s nothing funny or lighthearted.

I think being a young woman in this industry is complicated. It’s challenging, but you have to persevere and stay true to yourself.

Silly things do cease to be silly if they are done by sensible people in an impudent way.

It doesn’t matter what you do. It matters who you are.

The support of your team is crucial in achieving success.

You have to adapt to the conditions and make the most of what you have.

Every person gets negative things, they learn from those negative things, and you become a positive person.

Irrespective of any political party, I am a supporter of good people who want to do something for the society.

The hunger to win must not die… The appetite has to remain big.

The harder you work for something, the greater you’ll feel when you achieve it.

I like to rate myself as a performer upfront, both in films as well as in television.

We had forgotten the art of using silence to convey emotions in our films and that’s what you seem to have mastered. You’ve used silence to great advantage in the film. It’s brilliant.

You don’t get time to meet your peers such as Dharmendra and Hema Malini very often. Award functions or other events are the only places you meet them, unless there is an emergency. Then we all come together.

I am not conscious of the fact that something special should be done for me.

Mr. Breschnev says we will bury you, I don’t subscribe to that point of view. It seems like such an ignorant thing to do, if the Russians love their children, too.

I see songs not as a commodity used up when the album goes off the charts, which is often the case with pop songs. I see them as a body of work. Life should be breathed into them.

I hate when new parents ask who the baby looks like. It was born 15 minutes ago, it looks like a potato.

I’m a selective pack rat. There’s some things I have no problem getting rid of and others I hold onto dearly.

I don’t know if we each have a destiny, or if we’re all just floating around accidental-like on a breeze, but I think maybe it’s both.

Men go crazy in congregation. They only get better one by one.

Takes more than combat gear to make a man Takes more than a license for a gun Confront your enemies, avoid them when you can A gentleman will walk but never run.

How can I save my little boy from Oppenheimer’s deadly toy?

This is a silly place. Half the world has no clean water. The other half has so much that they pooh in it.

Every player has their own style. Mine was just a little different.

When it gets down to it, basketball is basketball.

Anytime you’ve got an opportunity to play for your country and win a gold medal, I think that takes it all. That’s the greatest thing you could ever achieve in your sport. So, I have been very fortunate to play on great teams, but the gold medal was probably the best.

When I go to the line I’m thinking ‘All net.’ When I don’t think that, I’m likely to miss.

I always thought the ball was going in. It was just a matter of making the right play.

Who’s guarding me, Chuck? Is anyone guarding me? You better get someone on me or I’m gonna go for 60.

I wasn’t real quick, and I wasn’t real strong. Some guys will just take off and it’s like, whoa. So I beat them with my mind and my fundamentals.

A good business model is one that can adapt to changing circumstances.

You have to have an international reference of competition. You have to go beyond your home.

I love baseball. And American Football, too. But not rugby.

Success is not just about what you achieve but how you help others achieve.

Courage taught me no matter how bad a crisis gets… any sound investment will eventually pay off.

You don’t need to raise taxes on rich people, because they create capitalization and investment. But you need to tax speculation – meaning capital gains.

No, my father passed away when I was 13 years old. I was very young.

Those who try to achieve success without hard work ultimately deceive themselves-or worse-deceive others.

Apple doesn’t do hobbies as a general rule.

Sometimes life is going to hit you in the head with a brick. Don’t lose faith.

Great things in business are never done by one person. They’re done by a team of people.

Empower others to achieve their best and success will follow.

Great achievements are often the result of collective effort.

Until my father brought me into Reliance, I was pretty sure that I wanted to study in a U.S. university: hopefully, a little bit of time, either work at the World Bank or teach as a professor.

I believe, 50 years from now, when you write history, one technology that would have changed human civilization is going to be the mobile Internet.

They picture me as someone who is wrong, and eventually that becomes right after a certain point of time.

A fit body gives you confidence. And there’s nothing more impressive than a great attitude, which you can wear on your sleeve. But you’ll have to remember the difference between being rude and being confident.

Pretension is a poor joke that you play on yourself. Snap out of it. Recognise your strengths, work on your weaknesses. Real achievement is liking what you see in the mirror every morning.

When you are trying to achieve something, the goal should be to get better and better, not just to achieve it.

Bill Gates wants people to think he’s Edison, when he’s really Rockefeller. Referring to Gates as the smartest man in America isn’t right… wealth isn’t the same thing as intelligence.

It’s surreal to think that I own this beautiful island. It doesn’t feel like anyone can own Lanai. What it feels like to me is this really cool 21st-century engineering project, where I get to work with the people of Lanai to create a prosperous and sustainable Eden in the Pacific.