Trying to make things work in government is sometimes like trying to sew a button on a custard pie.

Good ideas are not adopted automatically. They must be driven into practice with courageous impatience.

The man in charge must concern himself with details. If he does not consider them important, neither will his subordinates.

Success teaches us nothing; only failure teaches.

Human experience shows that people, not organizations or management systems, get things done

It is a human inclination to hope things will work out, despite evidence or doubt to the contrary. A successful manager must resist this temptation.

Any one detail, followed through to its source, will usually reveal the general state of readiness of the whole organization.

More than ambition, more than ability, it is rules that limit contribution; rules are the lowest common denominator of human behavior. They are a substitute for rational thought.

When the men in Russia foul up, they are dismisses, sometimes losing their necks. But we protect those who fail and press them to the government bosom.

All new ideas begin in a non-conforming mind that questions some tenet of the conventional wisdom.

Half-truths are like half a brick - they can be thrown farther.

I went on loving him just the same, and I could never be interested in anyone else.

There are amazingly wonderful people in all walks of life some familiar to us and others not. Stretch yourself and really get to know people. People are in many ways one of our greatest treasures.

By now, you've heard endless warnings about the risk of short, trivial passwords. There's a good chance you ignore them.

We live in a world with so many dangers that we have to be careful whom we trust.

As an investigative reporter, I'm trying to uncover things and expose them to create a dialogue.

You have to work at creating your own culture.

You came to earth to answer a question God knew would be asked. You are the solution to a problem in your generation.

I don't spend on expensive brands. I don't need foreign holidays.

You get one life. Live it in a way that it inspires someone.

To be given dominion over another is a hard thing; to wrest dominion over another is a wrong thing; to give dominion of yourself to another is a wicked thing.