The great accomplishment of Jobs's life is how effectively he put his idiosyncrasies - his petulance, his narcissism, and his rudeness - in the service of perfection.

When the healthy pursuit of self-interest and self-realization turns into self-absorption, other people can lose their intrinsic value in our eyes and become mere means to the fulfillment of our needs and desires.

The most influential thinker, in my life, has been the psychologist Richard Nisbett. He basically gave me my view of the world.

The paradox of endurance sports is that an athlete can never work as hard as he wants, because if he pushes himself too far, his hematocrit will fall.

People in great institutions are occasionally credulous.

Do you remember the wrestler Andre the Giant? Famous. He had acromegaly.