New research into cognitive functioning - how the brain works - proves that bullet points are the least effective way to deliver important information.

The most exciting business ideas fit on the back of an airplane napkin.

Clutter forces the brain to consume energy. Create uncluttered environments instead.

Successful presentations are understandable, memorable, and emotional

True leaders inspire people to a bigger vision.

Neuroscientists are finding that what passes as a typical presentation is usually the worst way to engage your audience.

The most inspiring leaders are those who... inspire the rest of us to be our best selves and to match our skills with our passions. They give us confidence to pursue our dreams.

Nothing is more dramatic than a well-placed pause.

In writing and speaking, three is more satisfying than any other number.

Storytelling is not something we do. Storytelling is who we are.

Things rarely go exactly as we expect, but in the long run, they work out well for those who love God. His plan is higher than ours.

In every rebellion is to be found the metaphysical demand for unity, the impossibility of capturing it, and the construction of a substitute universe.

A man has to work so hard so that something of his personality stays alive. A tomcat has it so easy, he has only to spray and his presence is there for years on rainy days.

Joy comes from places you least expect it. Its usually the simple things, like watching my son play basketball or going through Central Park when the blossoms are blooming.

I let everyone have [the] space to do what they want, but I think I'm still a bit of a perfectionist.

From innumerable complexities we must grow to simplicity; we must become simple in our inward life and in our outward needs.

Her wit was more than man, her innocence a child.

Liberal papers are not necessarily liberal.

I've come to the conclusion that, aside from Nazis, the Taliban, and possibly the honey badger, there is no one on the planet more merciless than a teenage girl once she's decided she dislikes you.

I think you should live your moral values, but the last thing, the very last thing, the government should do is have laws that would punish women who make reproductive choices.