The religion of the corporate world is novelty. What is new is always right.

any effort at large-scale reorganization - that is, any project spanning more than two years and, more generally, anything that has not already been done - is inevitably doomed to failure.

Remember that work is not a place for self-fulfillment. If it were, you would know it.

Ethics is a bit like culture: the less one has, the more one flaunts it.

Only communist regimes have churned out more jargon than modern business.

Ethics is a detergent word, used time and time again to clean consciences without scrubbing.

Never, under any circumstances, accept a position of responsibility. You will be forced to work harder with no other benefits than a few extra bucks - 'peanuts,' as they say, if that.

Money counts more than you think.

Manager' is a title, not a function. It's better to be one than not. Since you spend all day doing the job of the person above you, the higher up you are, the less you have to do.

Corporations never actually mention 'money'; that would be vulgar. They prefer such words as 'turnover,' 'profit,' 'salary,' 'revenue,' 'budget,' 'premium,' and 'savings,' all much more refined.

Business and its logic of productivity have become the reference point in a society that thinks marketing every time it opens its mouth.

Others have seen what is and asked why. I have seen what could be and asked why not.

They should install elevators in this place. What if they turned a handicapped person into a vampire? Talk about your discrimination lawsuit waiting to happen.

Why should we change onstage? We're not trying to be something big and fancy, it's just us, doing what we do, we'd like to keep it that way.

If we have no inner peace, we deceive ourselves into thinking that comfort and prosperity will bring happiness.

Embrace what makes you unique, even if it makes others uncomfortable. i didn't have to become perfect because I've learned throughout my journey that perfection is the enemy of greatness.

People who want to act rich when they're upper-middle class. They try too hard.

I actually quite like promo, which is quite odd for an artist, but recording's not the easiest thing.

I would slay dragons for you,” he told her. “I suspect that finding an unoccupied bedroom will be easier.

Right now I'm pouring my heart out and she's pulling faces

Everything our civilization has produced is entombed.