"I'm not happy on vacation. In those rare times when I have three hours with no work I have to do, I'..." — Scott Adams

For most people, it's easy to be passionate about things that are working out, and that distorts our impression of the importance of passion. I've been involved in several dozen business ventures over the course of my life, and each one made me excited at the start. You might even call it passion.

Success is entirely accessible, even if you happen to be a huge screw-up 95 percent of the time.

If you have any trouble sounding condescending, find a Unix user to show you how it's done.

When you hire that first person, then you're a boss. You've got performance reviews. You've got complaints about not making enough money. You've got people who are just going to sell your story to the tabloids.