The more innovative you are, the sharper you are, the smarter you are, the more courageous you have to be.

I think a lot of these infographics now are not very interesting because the underlying data itself is not very interesting. I think good infographics, good data design, has to begin with a secret or with an insight that you can deliver to people and that can only be revealed by the design of that data in a particular way.

Dominators, one of the things they really love to do is make us think that everything in our life is an isolated incident.

Nothing will make you more aware of how deceitful the media is than being covered by the media.

The Muslims say that the human being is an obedient creature, and the question is to what am I going to be obedient? And to what degree am I willing to sacrifice for that obedience? A lot of us are obedient to our egos.

What's a riot to one person is an uprising to another.

To me, the realest rebels are actually very obedient. We're very loyal. We're obedient to something that is unpopular.

The strongest word in the English language is ‘no.’

Ask yourself, ‘Does this need to be said?’ Is what I'm thinking about saying really need to be said. Then ask yourself, ‘Does this really need to be said right now?’ And then, ‘Does this really need to be said right now by me?’

Color is power…it is physiologically impossible to be in a bad mood when you’re wearing bright red pants.

You should start projects because you feel like you are going to either explode, or vomit, or both. You’ve gotta have that kind of burning desire in your stomach to do it.