Art is a personal gift that changes the recipient. The medium doesn't matter. The intent does.

Instead of wondering when your next vacation is, maybe you should set up a life you don't need to escape from.

You can listen to what people say, sure. But you will be far more effective if you listen to what people do.

Leadership is the art of giving people a platform for spreading ideas that work.

The job isn't to catch up to the status quo; the job is to invent the status quo.

As our society gets more complex and our people get more complacent, the role of the jester is more vital than ever before. Please stop sitting around. We need you to make a ruckus.

Optimism is the most important human trait, because it allows us to evolve our ideas, to improve our situation, and to hope for a better tomorrow.

Don't find customers for your products, find products for your customers.

Fitting in is a short-term strategy that gets you nowhere. Standing out is a long-term strategy that takes guts and produces results.

Social Networking that matters is helping people archive their goals. Doing it reliably and repeatability so that over time people have an interest in helping you achieve your goals.

You are not your resume, you are your work.

Because their example is powerful, they're somewhat responsible for the weaklings who copy them.

Maybe the best way for you to get us to summon our better selves is for you to show us yours.

One of my goals as a professor of English is to teach students to recognize and think critically about what makes something art.

Creating a book and creating a collection involve a lot of editing.

God's been good to me, He really has.

He had no strength for any other war than his own solitary struggle to keep alive.

I'm here for you in the same way that you're here for me, each person is an intricate piece of infinity.

I've met quite a few dictators up close and personal in my life.

I'm only 26 - I don't know anything about life yet. Life is like a puzzle and my pieces are spread all over the world.

Joy and sadness come by turns.