Pacing is really important in an organization.

My father builds homes. So I grew up around the idea that you can take a piece of land, and you can bulldozer it and build new homes on it. You can create something new.

I really appreciate it when people say "no" to me. I want people to understand that I'm totally supportive of what it is they're trying to do as long as we're all on the same team.

I trust people, and I respect their areas of responsibility.

I think that's just one type of leadership, which is the type I have: the need to find a new way and take responsibility for other people.

I think in most companies you're surrounded by the past. You may have a Web site or archives or a lobby that sort of shows off your work of the past. The future is not as tangible.

Expect the best, prepare for the worst.

Damned Neuters in their Middle way of Steering Are neither Fish nor Flesh nor good Red Herring.

Christmas is a tonic for our souls. It moves us to think of others rather than of ourselves. It directs our thoughts to giving.

Our schools are much like our prisons: they disappoint us because they only do what they're designed to do, and it annoys us that they don't do something else!

We need a new religion.

What can we not endure, When pains are lessen'd by the hope of cure?

Give a man religion without reminding him of his filth, and the result will be arrogance in a three- piece suit.

If I really like the smell of something - a piece of tar or my goddaughter's plastic doll - I put a tiny piece in a bottle with a label. I keep them in a fridge in my bathroom.

The dance of the flower in the wind, in the sun, in the rain, cannot be understood by the head; the heart has to be open for it.

Every one of us has the capacity to lead.