More than ambition, more than ability, it is rules that limit contribution; rules are the lowest common denominator of human behavior. They are a substitute for rational thought.

Good ideas are not adopted automatically. They must be driven into practice with courageous impatience.

The man in charge must concern himself with details. If he does not consider them important, neither will his subordinates.

Success teaches us nothing; only failure teaches.

Human experience shows that people, not organizations or management systems, get things done

It is a human inclination to hope things will work out, despite evidence or doubt to the contrary. A successful manager must resist this temptation.

Any one detail, followed through to its source, will usually reveal the general state of readiness of the whole organization.

When the men in Russia foul up, they are dismisses, sometimes losing their necks. But we protect those who fail and press them to the government bosom.

Trying to make things work in government is sometimes like trying to sew a button on a custard pie.

All new ideas begin in a non-conforming mind that questions some tenet of the conventional wisdom.

Half-truths are like half a brick - they can be thrown farther.

Your weakest version and highest self both live within you. Yes they do.

Would the people in her life still love her if they knew the whole truth about her? Perhaps, but would they love her the same?

I feel like everybody is against Floyd Mayweather. I don't get any respect.

I did a couple songs with this hip-hop guy named Tim Dark. He was working in the same studio I've been working in, he heard my music and he said, aw man, I've got to do something with you.

One deed of kindness noticed is worth forty that are told.

The hard reality is that the omelette has been made and you cannot get your egg back.

For humanity has moved forward to an era when wrong and slavery are being displaced, and reason and justice are being recognized as the rule of life.

From the point of view of art, there are no concrete or abstract forms, but only forms which are more or less convincing lies.

I do then with my friends as I do with my books. I would have them where I can find them, but I seldom use them.

Cathedrals, luxury liners laden with souls, Holding to the east their hulls of stone.