We are going to continue having these meetings, everyday, until I find out why no work is getting done.

You can't get different results by doing things the same way.

Treat everyone on the organization with respect and dignity whether it be the janitor or the president.

If someone says you're not strategic, try to figure out what that means and then tell him or her to go to hell.

Let the business shape the organization, not the organization shape the business.

Assumptions are the termites of relationships.

The proper, wise balancingof one's whole life may depend upon thefeasibility of a cup of tea at an unusual hour.

I wish airplanes were more like elementary school with someone up front telling everyone to sit down and shut up.

The truth is you can be orphaned again and again and again. The truth is, you will be. And the secret is, this will hurt less and less each time until you can't feel a thing. Trust me on this.

I think [nancy Reagan] was a very controlled and controlling person, because she was so scared all the time and because she had such an inner sense of panic.

Maybe it was me," Grandma said."Sometimes they sneak out.Did I fart?

You can practice for 30 years and still not be a Mozart. The most lethal combination would be a Mozart who practiced for thousands of hours.

Food, like most things, is best when left to its own simple beauty.

In the end, the writer is not even allowed to live in his writing.

Cast a cold eye on life, on death Horseman pass by