As there is no insignificant work, there is not an insignificant leader. All leaders need training...not just a few.

Objective evaluations set the foundation that moves leaders to the tipping point.

Culture outperforms strategy every time; and culture with strategy is unbeatable.

But there is one thing most companies struggle to standardize, and ironically, it's the most important part of our efforts to gain and sustain results. It is leadership.

Once we get our corporate culture the way we want it, we have to hire people who fit. Otherwise, the wheels fall off the wagon and we quickly find ourselves back where we started.

It's objective evaluations that give our hardwiring principles teeth and drive the organization toward results that last.

Don't wait till you get bigger to put in place key items, such as staff surveys, peer interviewing for hiring and clear standards of behavior [developed by staff].

For her, every day was the same, and when each day is the same as the next, it's because people fail to recognize the good things that happen in their lives every day that the sun rises.

I rub a mixture of honey and salt all over my body to moisturise and exfoliate. You wash it off and your skin is gorgeous.

Langdon turned to Sophie. "Who is that? What... happened?" Teabing hobbled over. "You were rescued by a knight brandishing an Excalibur made by Acme Orthopedic.

In the end ... success or failure will come down to an ethical decision, one on which those now living will be judged for generations to come.

Laughter on American television has taken the place of the chorus in Greek tragedy. It is unrelenting; the news, the stock-exchange reports, and the weather forecast are about the only things spared.

You know, ballet might be too formal of a title for the type of dance I do, but I love to dance.

I think the notion of understanding each other is a relief. It's not a thing you get with everyone you hang out with.

I live like a crazy old pack rat.

Is it possible that nobody has ever known that there never has been a completely civilized man, and won't be for another thousand years?

I was about five years old when I was eating soup in our kitchen, and as I was lifting the spoon towards my mouth, it bent and broke in half.