Although I loved working on technology - I've always been a computer geek at heart - my professors encouraged me to get a real-world job working with customers.

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.

You could refer to me as god and the odd curtsey wouldn’t go a miss either

It's my job to know what's available from every retailer, catalog, website, antiques mall, and craftsperson. A good designer or decorator has to have an almost encyclopedic knowledge.

But I don't want nutrition. I want food!

I enjoy so many different art forms; I don't just want to focus on acting. I love music. I love writing stories. And you need solitude to figure out your next step.

Where there's a will there's a detective story.

Why wouldn't female Marines come forward? Because they don't trust us. They don't trust the command. They don't trust the leadership.

We never forget those who make us blush.

Thanks to their decreased brainpower, people aren't diverted from the main business of life by the hobgoblins of opinion anymore.

I think all foreigners should stop interfering in the internal affairs of Iraq. Those who want to come and help are welcome. Those who come to interfere and destroy are not.

A sword by itself does not slay; it is merely the weapon used by the slayer.