Things have to be made to happen in a way you want them to happen. Without management, without the intervention of organized willpower the desired result simply cannot be obtained.

Never ignore a gut feeling, but never believe that it's enough.

Effective management always means asking the right question.

The first myth of management is that it exists.

The difference between management and administration (which is what bureaucrats used to do exclusively) is the difference between choice and rigidity.

The first myth of management is that it exists. The second myth of management is that success equals skill.

Think before you act: it's not your money.

The easiest way of making money is to stop losing it.

Cash in must exceed cash out.

Without the right attitude, a business with everything going for it will fail.

Successful innovation has consistently proved to be fluid and flexible, fast and furious - that is, passionate.

The truth is that pain is not inherently bad for us

Everything I think and everything I do is wrong.

The biggest seller is cookbooks and the second is diet books - how not to eat what you've just learned how to cook.

There's no point apologizing about where you come from.

Our whole life consists of despairing of an answer and seeking an answer.

When did the government become our psycho ex-girlfriend

People talk about generating my own work, but I don't really know how to go about that. There are certainly some roles in the theater I'd like to play but I don't know if I'll ever get to do it.

Music, you know, true music not just rock 'n' roll, chooses you.

Happiness is a state of inner fulfillment.

There are many ways to drown, only the most obvious wave their arms as they're going under.