A good idea for a new business tends not to occur in isolation, and often the window of opportunity is very small. So speed is of the essence.

You don't learn to walk by following rules. You learn by doing, and by falling over.

The balloons only have one life and the only way of finding out whether they work is to attempt to fly around the world.

Do not be embarrassed by your failures, learn from them and start again.

Train people well enough so they can leave, treat them well enough so they don't want to.

If you look after your staff, they'll look after your customers. It's that simple.

Listen more than you talk. Nobody learned anything by hearing themselves speak.

Business opportunities are like buses, there's always another one coming.

If somebody offers you an amazing opportunity but you are not sure you can do it, say yes-then learn how to do it later!

Never take your eyes off the cash flow because it's the life blood of business.

If people aren't calling you crazy, you aren't thinking big enough.

'The Lake of Dreams' grew gradually, over many years, elements and ideas accruing until they gained enough critical mass to become a novel.

Letting go of the need for perfection releases a burst of energy - and guess what - you may accidentally do a good job.

One of the great things about Ben & Jerry's for me is that not only is it delicious, but I get it for free.

The No. 20 (Matt Kenseth) broke the pace car speed, which you aren't supposed to, but, they aren't calling guys on that so I need to start trying that in the future.

I'm never too nervous about releasing music. I like to see what the people think because it helps me make myself better as an artist for them.

It was as though the darkness was a sheet of raw cookie dough and someone had just taken a cookie cutter and made a child-sized shape out of it.

Diamonds are nothing more than chunks of coal that stuck to their jobs.

We have to fight the past to survive.

The water was glassy and calm, still candy-colored in the afterglow of sunset.

The seasons change their manners, as the year Had found some months asleep and leapt them over.