All this green stuff is great, it's great we don't have plastic bottles or plastic bags and all of that, but how about some great schools?

The secret to successful hiring is this: look for the people who want to change the world.

You need to get to the future, ahead of your customers, and be ready to greet them when they arrive.

There is no finish line when it comes to system reliability and availability, and our efforts to improve performance never cease.

The only constant in the technology industry is change.

Most of all, I discovered that in order to succeed with a product, you must truly get to know your customers and build something for them.

You must always be able to predict what's next and then have the flexibility to evolve.

You have chosen the wrong path if it's not fun. And you are probably not taking enough risk if it's not hard and rocky sometimes.

If there wasn't any competition, I'd be very worried, because it would mean we were not doing very well.

I think a critical part of being successful in our industry is having a beginner's mind

Presentation skills are key. People who work for you represent your brand. You want them to present themselves - and represent you - in a certain way.

Who are you, Hockenberry, to thwart Fate and defy the Will of the Gods?I am me, Thomas Hockenberry. I am fed up with these power-addled thugs who call themselves gods.

To accept one's past -- one's history -- is not the same thing as drowning in it

That's what acting is - it's about... having the courage to allow your audience into the private moments of your characters' lives.

Don't try to write to the trend of the moment.

This year I hope to introduce legislation that would require Power Administrations to list direct and indirect costs associated with ESA compliance as a line item on customer's power bills.

Unless it's a specific accent, or something about physicality you have to change, I am generally not such a conscious actor.

Every tone was a testimony against slavery, and a prayer to God for deliverance from chains.

The fact that drilling won't solve every problem is no excuse to do nothing at all.

We don't live in a democracy; we live in a hypocrisy.

The good teacher discovers the natural gifts of his pupils and liberates them.