"I never go black tie. I never grew up wearing ties or bow ties or anything."

“Good decisions can have bad short-term outcomes but be great for the business long-term.”

“Never before in human history has more bad information been available to more people.”

“The history of American women is all about leaving home - crossing oceans and continents, or getting jobs and living on their own.”

Source : Gail Collins (2009). “America's Women: 400 Years of Dolls, Drudges, Helpmates, and Heroines”, p.8, Harper Collins

“Each life is made up of mistakes and learning, waiting and growing, practicing patience and being persistent.”

“It never pays to walk blindly. Especially not in your own castle where familiarity hides so much - even when we have the eyes to see.”

“Nintendo's way is to challenge conventional thinking. Not just for the sake of doing things differently, but to do things better.”

“He could not play the game without hope; could not play the game without a dream. They had taken it all away from him now, they had turned away from him and there was nothing for him now...He was alone and there was nothing for him.”

“Invention is a flower, innovation is a weed.”

Source : "Ethernet inventor on IoT, innovation, more: Bob Metcalfe Q&A". "RCR Wireless News" with Sean Kinney, www.rcrwireless.com. November 12, 2015.