“In most cases being a good boss means hiring talented people and then getting out of their way.”

“Don't hire anyone you wouldn't want to run into in the hallway at three in the morning.”

“By the way, when Oprah Winfrey is suggesting you may have overextended yourself, you need to examine your fucking life.”

“Don't waste your energy trying to change opinions ... Do your thing, and don't care if they like it.”

“Do your thing and don't care if they like it.”

“Some people say, Never let them see you cry. I say, if youre so mad you could just cry, then cry. It terrifies everyone.”

“work at our responsibility as parents as if everything in life counted on it, because in fact everything in life does count on it.”

“Happiness [is] only real when shared”

“That's what people do who love you. They put their arms around you and love you when you're not so lovable.”

“A lady's imagination is very rapid; it jumps from admiration to love, from love to matrimony in a moment.”

“I've always said that idleness dulls the spirit. We have to keep the brain busy, or at least the hands if we don't have a brain.”

“If your workplace was somehow transplanted into the jungle and everyone was forced to survive at a very primitive level, it's safe to say that eventually your boss would rape you.”