It is historical continuity that maintains most assumptions, not repeated assessment of their validity.

Many highly intelligent people are poor thinkers. Many people of average intelligence are skilled thinkers. The power of a car is separate from the way the car is driven.

Humor is by far the most significant activity of the human brain.

There is no doubt that creativity is the most important human resource of all. Without creativity, there would be no progress, and we would be forever repeating the same patterns.

Sometimes the situation is only a problem because it is looked at in a certain way. Looked at in another way, the right course of action may be so obvious that the problem no longer exists.

A memory is what is left when something happens and does not completely unhappen.

Companies that solely focus on competition will ultimately die. Those that focus on value creation will thrive.

The winner is the chef who takes the same ingredients as everyone else and produces the best results.

Most of the mistakes in thinking are inadequacies of perception rather than mistakes of logic.

Intelligence is something we are born with. Thinking is a skill that must be learned.

If you wait for opportunities to occur, you will be one of the crowd.

It's interesting how much you can tell about someone from their friends.

If your screen stays blank or your notepad empty, God cannot use your words.

Everything in our life is an illusion.

The most important knowledge is understanding what you can't do.

That which is hard to do is best done bitterly.

When you're an actor, you show up and it's wonderful because you're in the world of make-believe.

I didn't go to the right schools, didn't come from a well-known family, nor was I even remotely connected to a powerful publishing dynasty.

It’s hard to look in charge when you’re hunched over like Quasimodo.

People talk about opportunity knocking, but the gate was always swinging in the breeze before I got to the door.

I do not give a damn what I look like, I don't. I wish I could pay attention because Gwen Stefani, say, looks flawless. Of course, when I'm on red carpets, I'm nervous, sweaty, and weird.