Footnotes

Quotes

Collected over the years.

I want 100% of nothing and 30% of everything.

Marc Rowan

Pessimists sound smart. Optimists make money.

The biggest oak starts from an acorn.

Jeff Bezos

Only the paranoid survive.

Andy Grove

A soldier will fight long and hard for a bit of colored ribbon.

Napoleon

Cash is like oxygen. You only pay attention to it when it's in short supply—and that's often too late.

Marc Rowan

Chip on shoulders puts chips in pockets.

The first gulp from the glass of natural sciences will turn you into an atheist, but at the bottom of the glass God is waiting for you.

Werner Heisenberg

You can't really be proud of your gifts, because they were given to you. You can be grateful for them. You can be proud of your choices.

Jeff Bezos

I think frugality drives innovation just like other constraints do.

Jeff Bezos

Gas expands to the size of the container.

Peter Thiel

What did you accomplish this week?

Keith Rabois

Don't take me to the places where they're blowing smoke up my tailpipe. Take me where it's ugly.

Bill Slootman

Insecurity is loud. Confidence is quiet.

The best leaders aren't the smartest people in the room. They surround themselves with exceptional talent and bring out the best in others.

Play the ground game. It happens a few yards at a time.

Don't compromise your core values.

Pay it forward.

You're only as happy as your least happy child.

Michael Milken

The center of success is the ability to dream.

Real success is the freedom to live your life.

Michael Milken

There is no failure.
There is only do and learn.