“Whenever I’m about to do something, I think, ‘Would an idiot do that?’ And if they would, I do not do that thing.”

“Fossil fuels are a requirement for human prosperity!”

“I am ready to face any challenges that might be foolish enough to face me.”

“People underestimate the power of nostalgia. Nostalgia is truly one of the greatest human weaknesses, second only to the neck.”

"This may sound trite, but I believe it to be true: Entrepreneurship is the fabric of what America is all about.”

“The most important ingredient for the success of any company is the quality of its people, starting with its leadership team.”

“I am better than you have ever been or ever will be.”

“As a young twenty-first-century capitalist myself, the thing I was supposed to do was shut up and play along: wear hipster clothes, lead via practiced vulnerability, applaud diversity and inclusion, and muse on how to make the world a better place…. Not a bad gig.