Beneath the surface, unnoticed by many, an even deeper force was at work—the rise of creativity as a fundamental economic driver, and the rise of a new social class, the Creative Class.

I call the age we are entering the creative age because the key factor propelling us forward is the rise of creativity as the primary mover of our economy.

People don't need to be managed, they need to be unleashed.

Places that succeed in attracting and retaining creative class people prosper; those that fail don't.

Access to talented and creative people is to modern business what access to coal and iron ore was to steel-making.

Human creativity is the ultimate economic resource.

Ideas are the currency of the new economy.

The creative individual is no longer viewed as an iconoclast. He—or she—is the new mainstream.

Denser cities are smarter and more productive

Snoop is a tour de force! It’s one of the smartest and most original books I’ve come across in a long time. I devoured it and then rushed over to clean up my desk and change my iPod playlist.

Builders need to take their preeminent position back from the traders for the economy of the future to flourish.

The Cheesecake Factory is a great business model, but if you take your wife there for your 25th wedding anniversary, you might not reach your 26th.

I prayed for someone to love me as much as I love you. Eventually I came to see that that "someone" was me.

Sweater, n.: garment worn by child when its mother is feeling chilly.

My wheels are running. My investments are local, regional and international.

I am tough but I have a soft side.

I'm not saying I'd already done anything, actually, but I'd passed my experimental streak.

Planning is useless... but the process itself is indispensable.

May your marriage bring you all the exquisite excitements a marriage should bring, and may life grant you also patience, tolerance, and understanding.

If we do not step forward, then we step back. If we do not protect a right, then we deny it.

You own a Tic Tac. Gum is just borrowed. - Esther