Restless thoughts are a kind of mental 'static' which must be silenced if we are to hear the whispers of our inner self.

You want continual improvement? Then I challenge every employee in an organization to discard the status quo and ask themselves everyday, How can I improve my job?, then find a way to make it happen.

When it comes to continual improvement programs, the biggest mistake is a failure to launch, the biggest hurdle is culture.

With Lean Six Sigma, the tools are the easy part, changing organizational culture is the hard part.

If you get invited to be part of a team, don't look at it as a burden to get out of, but rather an opportunity to inspire, invigorate, and bring life to the team.

Don't let the fear of statistics keep you from launching a continual improvement program. The statistics hurdle is easily overcome, going out of business is not.

Happy people plan actions they don't plan results.

Science and mindfulness complement each other in helping people to eat well and maintain their health and well-being.

Love ceases to be a pleasure, when it ceases to be a secret.

It's amazing how much research has gone into making some of the worst decisions.

The man who consecrates his hours by vigorous effort, and an honest aim, at once he draws the sting of life and Death; he walks with nature; and her paths are peace.

The President is always abused. If he isn't, he isn't doing anything.

My first pilot gig; in fact my first job in television; was 'Freaks and Geeks,' and the experience of directing that pilot was probably the single most formative of my directing life.

I like surfing in Mexico a whole lot better than sitting with people in Washington that I don't even like.

I don't have any sort of calculus in choosing film roles.

I yearned to get better; I told myself I was getting better. In fact, the depression was still there, like a powerful undertow. Sometimes it grabbed me, yanked me under; other times, I swam free.