"It is a radiant truth that wisdom is the quiet art of recognizing what can be changed and releasing what cannot — an essential principle for the reflective life."

"The paradox of freedom is that the silence between the notes creates the music."

"I want to put a ding in the universe."

"Design is a funny word. Some people think design means how it looks. But of course, if you dig deeper, it's really how it works."

"There's a difference between a failure and a fiasco... a fiasco is a disaster of mythic proportions."

"I'm kind of a failure. I mean, I'll be honest. I'm successful in that I'm getting to work on great stuff, but I think I'm a failure in all the personal stuff that is most important to me."

"I know now what this meant, that the bison were the gift of a good spirit and were our strength, but we should lose them, and from the same good spirit we must find another strength."

"Failure is not a single, cataclysmic event. You don't fail overnight. Instead, failure is a few errors in judgement, repeated every day."