What matters is 'Have you done a better job of making our experiences feel like home on Windows?' That's our real goal, and that's what we're going to stay focused on.
I think knowing what you cannot do is more important than knowing what you can.
If you put off everything till you're sure of it, you'll never get anything done.
I can't tell you what that little ingredient is which makes that first person want to go on and aggressively do more, and the other person be content to not do that. It's a mystery, but it does happen.
You do not have to do everything disagreeable that you have a right to do.
It is strange when you're a loser in college, which I was, to then get your own show.
The Final Jeopardy! questions seem to be, by design, things you can't know. And so it's not about who knows them, but who can figure them out in thirty seconds.
Dusting is a good example of the futility of trying to put things right. As soon as you dust, the fact of your next dusting has already been established.
I do struggle with how much and in which way, as an artist or celebrity, that you voice your political views.
Indiana's ninth congressional district isn't historically known as a fount of congressional contributions. That said, if you look at my fundraising history, we've succeeded.
Our intention is to give people, however you might stylize it, a tax cut or a pay raise.
You don't usually get treated unfairly. You usually get what you deserve.
You must go after your wish. As soon as you start to pursue a dream, your life wakes up and everything has meaning.
I kinda see my current position like this: Here's your five minutes in the toy store, so you gotta do all the good movies you can before 'Chuck Woolery' rings the bell.
Martin guitars have now brought out, you know, on a more traditional level, the Stephen Stills' model of Martin guitars. It's beautiful. I just went inside. I bought one immediately.
I'm not afraid of putting myself out there to someone and then them passing on it. At least you could have gotten a 'yes.' So it's worthwhile to have the cojones to do it.
I've been seeing a lot of theatre in New York, and I am sort of terribly jealous of everyone on stage but also really appreciating it in a way that you can't when you're in the middle of it.
When you join the army, you are asked to lay down your life for your country. That is a tremendous oath to take. In return, a good country should offer that soldier every possible means it can to allow that soldier to stay alive and, upon return, healthy - both mentally and physically.
I guess actually playing on the records and touring is a great forced practice regimen for me. And you learn a lot playing with people.
If you have to have a job in this world, a high-priced movie star is a pretty good gig.
I like to keep Valentine's dinner light so you don't crash after and can keep the fun going through the night!
But in the end it's still a game of golf, and if at the end of the day you can't shake hands with your opponents and still be friends, then you've missed the point.
To be a gourmet you must start early, as you must begin riding early to be a good horseman. You must live in France, your father must have been a gourmet. Nothing in life must interest you but your stomach.
You don't have to tell anybody a damn thing you don't want to.
When you're building a company, you need to continually strengthen every component - finance, strategic partnerships, executive team, and relationships with every last constituency.
No matter where you go and what you do in America, you turn the tele on and you're confronted with violence.
I believe that any art communicates what you're in the mood to receive.
You have to be really open to your acting partners and believe in the story.
To suspect your own mortality is to know the beginning of terror, to learn irrefutably that you are mortal is to know the end of terror.
It's hard to detect good luck - it looks so much like something you've earned.
You have to do what the market requires of you... You either keep swimming, or you sink.
When you get money you're always a target because there's always somebody who needs money out there.
I guess I have friends around me but when you're paying them can they ever really be true friends?
What can you do if they have slapped you with a legal notice? You have to reply. For all you know, they have taken you to jail or something.
While you're setting something up that's educational for yourself, you have an opportunity to teach others at the same time.
Life at a public company ain't for me. The board pays you what you're worth, then you get reamed for your compensation.