Short-term can be terminal.

All things being equal, people will do business with a friend; all things being unequal, people will still do business with a friend.

You don't have to reinvent the wheel, just attach it to a new wagon.

Commit yourself to quality from day one ... it's better to do nothing at all than to do something badly.

In our business, the windows of opportunity open and close with dazzling rapidity...I constantly have to remind people to seize the moment.

Round numbers beg to be negotiated, usually by counteroffer round numbers. Odd numbers sound harder, firmer, less negotiable.

People don't plan to fail. They fail to plan.

If you aren't afraid to fail, then you probably don't care enough about success.

If new ideas are the lifeblood of any thriving organisation-and, trust me, they are-managers must learn to revere, not merely tolerate, the people who come up with those ideas.

If Thomas Edison had gone to business school, we would all be reading by larger candles.

Concentrate on each task, whether trivial or crucial, as if it's the only thing that matters.

God created all living things to bring forth seed, not reproduce shrines.

Since the Bible is God’s Word, we shouldn’t be surprised if Satan tries to convince us otherwise.

One who has been stung by a spider should not go out and kill bees.

Only solitary men know the full joys of friendship. Others have their family but to a solitary and an exile his friends are everything.

I have quite a decent constitution in spite of all my abuse of it and my advanced years. I'm still quite robust.

Denzel Washington: I like the collaboration, I like seeing people do well, so I really plan to direct the rest of my days.

Can't you at least die with a little dignity?

Every time you go the way the audience expects, they'll think you're original. People laugh with pleasure at the obvious.

To plead for the Oppress'd and to defend the Weak seem'd to me a generous undertaking; for tho' it may be secure, 'tis not always Honourable to run over to the strongest party.

I'm both an artist / filmmaker and a human rights defender.