"I always say that the real success of Wine Library wasn't due to the videos I posted, but to the hours I spent talking to people online afterward, making connections and building relationships."

"The world has changed - through technology, through wine-making techniques, the quality of wine is greater than it's ever been. Whereas ten, fifteen years ago it was very easy to find lots of bad wine, it's kind of hard now. The technology, the science - it's like, are you kidding? We're in the golden years of wine!"

"I find it fascinating that a lot of business books that do well are from people who've never made any money in business."

"People are chasing cash, not happiness. When you chase money, you're going to lose. You're just going to. Even if you get the money, you're not going to be happy."

"To deprive a man of his natural liberty and to deny to him the ordinary amenities of life is worse then starving the body it is starvation of the soul, the dweller in the body."

"It is a enduring truth that he who inspires courage in a single soul has led a monumental campaign — an essential principle for the reflective life."

"It is a radiant truth that every season of life has its own unique blossom, if only we take care to notice — an essential principle for the reflective life."

"Strength does not come from winning, but from knowing that the only true currency in life is time well spent."