If I Had To Sum Up In One Word The Qualities That Make Up A Good Manager, I'd Say Decisiveness.

No matter what you've done for yourself or for humanity, if you can't look back on having given love and attention to your own family, what have you really accomplished?

Start with good people, lay out the rules, communicate with your employees, motivate them and reward them. If you do all those things effectively, you can't miss.

In times of great stress or adversity, it's always best to keep busy, to plow your anger and your energy into something positive.

You can have brilliant ideas, but if you can't get them across, your ideas won't get you anywhere.

The kind of people I look for to fill top management spots are the eager beavers, the mavericks. These are the guys who try to do more than they're expected to do - they always reach.

Motivation is everything. You can do the work of two people, but you can't be two people. Instead, you have to inspire the next guy down the line and get him to inspire his people.

Listening can make the difference between a mediocre organization and a great one.

The right decision is the wrong decision if it's made too late.

We've got to pause and ask ourselves: How much clean air do we need?

The only rock I know that stays steady, the only institution I know that works, is the family.

The library is inhabited by spirits that come out of the pages at night.

Fear is a disease of mind we inherit from society.

It is almost safe to say that no government is likely to be overthrown until it loses the ability to make adequate use of its military.

Even when our heart aches, we summon the strength that maybe we didn't even know we had, and we carry on; we finish the race.

I wrote speculative fiction because I loved to read it, and thought I could do better than some of the people who were getting published.

I loved the world of Oz. I guess as a young man, I was just drawn to fantasy worlds. I liked being transported to alternative realms where a lot of my early imagination was sparked.

Whatever happens, I train hard for the fans and their support.

I have a great career, and I have my daughter. Sio what I don't have is not as important to as what I do have.

A woman is just a script, but a cigar is a motion picture.

We are so evil and sinful and flawed that Jesus had to die for us... But we are so lobed and valued that he was willing to due for us.