Every single time you make a merger, somebody is losing his identity. And saying something different is just rubbish.

The role of leadership is to transform the complex situation into small pieces and prioritize them.

Commitment. This is my favorite word because in some way, people who are committed are always much more interesting and much more reliable, and much more, I would say, deep than people who are not.

Leadership is demonstrated at the moment of need. You learn to be a leader by acting, by doing

When you want to turn around a company, you want to make sure that the solution is coming from inside.

You don't build your character by doing what everybody else is doing.

Employees are your most valuable assets. They are the heart and guts of a company. This doesn't mean that from time to time, you aren't going to do what is good for the company.

I think that the best training a top manager can be engaged in is management by example.

Being a good leader today doesn't mean you'll be a good leader 10 years from now. You have to adapt to the times

Any job very well done that has been carried out by a person who is fully dedicated is always a source of inspiration.

Don't believe what I say. Believe what I do.

I had a lot of other ideas, now and then, but every time I took a second look at one, it got sick and died.

We don't have an eternity to realize our dreams, only the time we are here.

A lot of punk rock is not going to be in the mainstream. It's below the radar. The beauty of it is that you're not supposed to always know. It's subterranean.

Getting into the Hall of Fame won't change me. I'm still going to pass gas and pick my nose like I always do.

Some of them relate to farts but they are not fart jokes. They would just be a fart in the joke but it's about something else.

Assume nothing, question everything.

Confession is good for the conscience, but it usually bypasses the soul.

Playing polo is like trying to play golf during an earthquake.

All kinds of performance practices have a certain register of power or solemnity.

I like to hear what other people's interpretations are, because people come up with things I'd never thought about.