As competition intensifies, the need for creative thinking increases. It is no longer enough to do the same thing better . . . no longer enough to be efficient and solve problems.

Many highly intelligent people are poor thinkers. Many people of average intelligence are skilled thinkers. The power of a car is separate from the way the car is driven.

Humor is by far the most significant activity of the human brain.

There is no doubt that creativity is the most important human resource of all. Without creativity, there would be no progress, and we would be forever repeating the same patterns.

Sometimes the situation is only a problem because it is looked at in a certain way. Looked at in another way, the right course of action may be so obvious that the problem no longer exists.

A memory is what is left when something happens and does not completely unhappen.

Companies that solely focus on competition will ultimately die. Those that focus on value creation will thrive.

The winner is the chef who takes the same ingredients as everyone else and produces the best results.

Most of the mistakes in thinking are inadequacies of perception rather than mistakes of logic.

Intelligence is something we are born with. Thinking is a skill that must be learned.

If you wait for opportunities to occur, you will be one of the crowd.

You have two choices, to conquer your fear or to let your fear conquer you.

I am proud of (knowing) who I am.

I feel like I get really energetic and hyper. If I do well in a show, I can't sleep afterwards. If I don't do well, I get kinda drained. I think because it's like a battle on stage.

I love both the way a dog looks up to me and a cat condescends to me.

Say not: “When I have free time I shall study”, for you may perhaps never have any free time

You cannot kill an idea by murdering innocent people — though you can nudge it toward suicide.

There's nothing glorious about being a professional. . . . Professionalism probably comes down to being able to work on a bad day.

When asked by a prospective donor how much he should give, the best reply is, "Give until you are proud."

It's like reading a book about a life that you will never occupy, but that's the beauty of being transported.

There is a devilish mercy in the judge, if you'll implore it, that will free your life, but fetter you till death.