Insight is not a lightbulb that goes off inside our heads. It is a flickering candle that can easily be snuffed out.

Whenever we have something that we are good at--something we care about--that experience and passion fundamentally change the nature of our first impressions.

The power of knowing, in that first two seconds, is not a gift given magically to a fortunate few. It is an ability that we can all cultivate for ourselves.

Bad improvisers block action, often with a high degree of skill. Good improvisers develop action."(p.115)

Testers for 7-Up consistently found consumers would report more lemon flavor in their product if they added 15% more yellow coloring TO THE PACKAGE.

In the general American population, 3.9 percent of adult men are six foot two or taller. Among my CEO sample, almost a third were six foot two or taller.

Wherever it is you may be, it is your friends who make your world.

But marrying within one's own family can get monotonous. One has heard all the same family stories, knows all the jokes and all the same recipes. No novelty.

I love to personalize things. I love to make things my own. I like to name everything - from cars to iPhones to the socks I just lost.

Most people now seem to treasure anything they value in proportion to the extent that it's followed about and surrounded by the vulgar public.

Disillusionment can come as fast as a gust, but building faith that the government won't inflate again is like building a new sailboat, a project of years.

I work so hard for the fans who watch our show.

Politics is the art of postponing decisions until they are no longer relevant.

Immigration is the sincerest form of flattery.

There is some sign that North Korea is changing recently. There is ongoing successful negotiation to have a military talk to Pyongyang, which has been stopped for seven years.

Violence does even justice unjustly.