“If you want success, figure out the price, then pay it. It sounds trivial and obvious, but if you unpack the idea it has extraordinary power.”

“If you really want to know something, you have to be willing to pay the price.”

“I think piracy is a bit like drinking. You want to stay out all night doing it, you pay the price the next day.”

“You could attach prices to ideas. Some cost a lot some little. … And how do you pay for ideas? I believe: with courage.”

“When you aren’t willing to pay the price of learning by changing you will eventually pay the price of losing.”

“Once you agree upon the price you and your family must pay for success, it enables you to ignore the minor hurts, the opponent’s pressure, and the temporary failures. ”

“Getting what you want is just as difficult as not getting what you want. Because then you have to figure out what to do with it instead of figuring out what to do without it.”

“Nothing is without cost. There is a price to all power, and it is not always obvious.”

“If you want to do good research, it's important not to know too much. This almost sounds contradictory but really if you know too much and you get an idea, you will sort of talk yourself out of trying it because you figure it won't work. But if you know just the right amount and you get enthusiastic about your project, you go ahead, you do it and if you're lucky things'll work out.”

“Don't try to figure out what other people want to hear from you; figure out what you have to say.”