At the expansion stage, it's really easy to lose focus and chase the shiny object, instead of staying focused on what you're good at and the customers that are already successful.

A lot of times your best sales rep, that A++ player, kills it on a regular basis...but can never describe how they do it. They look at sales as an art, not a science.

Being against the military because you are against war is like being against the Fire Department because you are against fire.

When I moved into management, it was all about managing people and keeping them motivated - I didn't use sales metrics to drive my business. Now, everything comes from the numbers.

The best advice I got throughout my career was understanding what my current managers' pains and challenges are - it's not always just about hitting the number.

Why are there beings at all, instead of Nothing?

Home was merely a dull ache in the back of his memory. A tiredness in his eyes.

I wish I could have healed your misery, quenched your sorrow.

But maybe because I'm from a part of the country where there are more meth labs than drive-throughs, anything harder than cough syrup always makes me nervous.

There is no friendship no love like that of the parent for the child.

Writing is the only way I know to demand justice from an uncaring universe.

If you rely only on your eyes, your other senses weaken.

I'm still trying to understand the wearing off high heels at the airport.

It seemed at first that everybody was more concerned with my age.

Dance from here to the other world-and don't stop.