Quotes

The ethics of journalism are one thing. Another thing is the ethics of business.

Poland is an ally of the United States of America. It was our duty to show that we are a reliable, loyal, and predictable ally. America needed our help, and we had to give it.

France can never accept that it is no longer a dominating power in the world of culture. This is true both of the French right and the French left. They keep thinking that Americans are primitive cowboys or farmers who do not understand anything.

I think it's always dangerous to make political arguments in a religiously ideological way. And it's very dangerous to treat as traitors to the American nation those who think differently.

I believe that a man can only be useful to his country when he can look at it clearly.

Politics is the art of achieving political goals - of achieving what is possible in a given situation - that is, in a situation that has its conditions and its limits.

Why am I such a Euro-enthusiast? Because I knew it was an anchor of democracy.

The threat to Russia isn't liberal Europe or America. It is nonliberal Islam and nonliberal China. Russia has to change. It can't be otherwise. It will take time. You have to be patient.

Pacifism as a mass movement aims to avoid suffering; pacifists often say that no cause is worth suffering or dying for. The ethos of Solidarity is based on an opposite premise - that there are causes worth suffering and dying for.

For those of us imprisoned in Poland, the Prague Spring was a harbinger of hope.

In Czechoslovakia in 1968, communist reformers appealed to democratic ideals that were deeply rooted in the country's pre-second world war past.

I do not accept being a prisoner of fear. Of Communism, of fascism. That, one can bear. But of one's fear. No. Never.

I do know that you have to choose between the logic of reconciliation and the logic of justice. Pure justice leads to new civil war. I prefer the negotiable revolution.

As the world becomes a more digital place, we cannot forget about the human connection.

Success is not just making money. Success is happiness. Success is fulfillment; it's the ability to give.

How do you change the world? Bring people together. Where is the easiest big place to bring people together? In the work environment.

Globalisation for a startup is exciting; you have to learn so fast about the different cultures of the world.

If you are open-minded and you let the universe come in, you never know where things might go.

I believe that when you do what you love, you find higher levels of satisfaction that can compensate for lower income.

Before WeWork, I had a baby clothing company. When I started out, I had no real contacts in the garment business and no mentor to guide me on how things worked. I just had an idea to put pads on the baby clothes on to protect the baby's knees.

Huge success is very hard to come by.

WeWork is working to create a world where people make a life and not just a living.

When I met my wife, I was focused on making money but failing miserably.

You never know who you're talking to. Don't limit a young student's dream, because that's how we change the world.

If you're going to build a business that's based on community, your business has to have community in it.