I have a particular passion and focus on Alzheimer's and diseases of dementia. There's just so much scientifically that we don't know, and we can know.

People come to a company like Abbott sometimes and think, Its so big, I cant make a difference. I think just the opposite. I think everybody can make a difference.

To be a writer is to embrace rejection as a way of life.

A model’s opinion seldom matters. The only time that he is required to open his mouth is when he is required to smile at the camera.

Employment was invented to make education seem useful.

There is no such thing as an “independent artist”. All artists are essentially co-dependent of the audience.

When in doubt do it.

Rarely do we find men who willingly engage in hard, solid thinking. There is an almost universal quest for easy answers and half-baked solutions. Nothing pains some people more than having to think.

Everyone we regard as brilliant has endured an enormous amount of failure.

Often, organizations need bold, grand gestures to galvanize people towards a new mission or refocus their attention.

The successful person places more attention on doing the right thing rather than doing things right.

Verse is a set of specially related sounds, repeated aloud.