Companies over-emphasize idea generation and under-emphasize idea execution when it comes to innovation.

The mindset that is needed, the capabilities that are needed, the metrics that are needed, the whole culture that is needed for discontinuous innovation, are fundamentally different.

We must think of innovation as doing a lot more for a lot less (money) for a lot more (people).

The more you hardwire a company on total quality management, the more it is going to hurt breakthrough innovation.

Organizations are not designed for innovation. Quite the contrary, they are designed for ongoing operations.

Never reveal what is real

The good news isn't that God is victorious. How can He not be victorious? The good news is we can be victorious, too.

A cherished cause and a general who inspires confidence by previous success are powerful means of electrifying an army.

I have music in my head; I can't help it. You can put a gun to my head and it's not going to go away. The privilege is that I'm not being prevented from following that.

Communion is the law of growth, and homes only thrive when they sustain relations with each other.

I want to be one of those cool people that's like, "What is Twitter?" and just be totally blind to it.

I don't outline at all; I don't find it useful, and I don't like the way it boxes me in. I like the element of surprise and spontaneity, of letting the story find its own way.

Because, if you ever been in the state pennitentary, you understand if you're not in something, then you stay out of it, you know and that's how I do.That's a easy way to stay out of it!

Absence makes the heart grow fonder and tears are only rain to make love grow.

To be innocent is to be not guilty; but to be virtuous is to overcome our evil inclinations.