SPEAK SOFTLY AND CARRY A SMALL CREDIT-CARD READER

“Pretty soon everyone is going to know someone who has used Square. We think the product speaks for itself.”

Square chief operating officer Keith Rabois, calling into question why the company just hired a new communications chief, New York Post, 19 April 2012

SIR RICHARD IS HAVING A MOMENT

“Dave Morin, the cofounder and CEO of Path, is one of the geniuses who helped set up Facebook in the early days.”

Virgin Group beardtrepreneur Richard Branson, on investing in Path solely on the basis of a mancrush, Richard’s Blog, 18 April 2012

PLEASE DON’T TELL HIM ABOUT YAHOO EVERYTHING

“Yahoo has been doing way too much for too long and has only been doing a few things well.”

Yahoo CEO du jour Scott Thompson, on delicately pruning the company’s imperial overreach, AllThingsD, 17 April 2012

A GOLDEN BOOT ON THE ACCELERATOR

“If we ever see breakout opportunities that massively accelerate social gaming at Zynga, we’ll aggressively pursue those, too.”

Zynga CEO Mark Pincus, vowing to overpay for startups like Draw Something maker OMGPOP, Bloomberg, 17 April 2012

WHEN STEVE JOBS SAID “THINK DIFFERENT,” HE WASN’T TALKING TO THIS GUY

“As our company has grown we had begun researching film production, and when the idea of a movie about Steve Jobs sprang up, we knew we wanted to pursue it.”

First-time movie producer Mark Hulme, on why he switched from organizing mortgage conferences to backing Ashton Kutcher vehicles, Neowin, 14 April 2012