I don’t let the future define me, I let it refine me.

If you can't laugh at yourself, you're missing the best joke of all.

I think the best actors are the ones who are willing to be vulnerable.

"You don't have to be perfect to be amazing."

It's probably as unlikely that you would nowadays become as rich and famous as Bill Gates, as it was unlikely in the17th century that you would accede to the ranks of the French aristocracy. But the point is, it doesn't feel that way. It's made to feel, by magazines and other media outlets, that if you've got energy, a few bright ideas about technology, a garage -- you, too, could start a major thing.

When I approach a child, he inspires in me two sentiments; tenderness for what he is, and respect for what he may become.

To be born again, first you have to die.