Cocooning is about insulation and avoidance, peace and protection, coziness and control - a sort of hyper-nesting.

The trouble in corporate America is that too many people with too much power live in a box (their home), then travel the same road every day to another box (their office).

Too many marketers assume that future will hold back and wait until they're ready for it. It won't.

Send me out into another life. But get me back for supper.

The future bears a resemblance to the past, only more so.

America is a consumer culture, and when we change what we buy - and how we buy it - we'll change who we are.

If the vision is there, the means will follow.

You can trust a crystal ball about as far as you can throw it.

Stop competing on price; compete on value. Deliver total consumer solutions, rather than just your piece of the solution.

The cliches of a culture sometimes tell the deepest truths.

To offset a depersonalized society, consumers crave recognition of their individuality.

Happiness depends on your mindset and attitude.

Learn to drive?""Never, " said Quentin. "My mission in life is to be a passenger.

We don't have all the answers. A few months ago, that would have driven me crazy. Now I know sometimes you have to just take life for what it is instead of worrying about what might happen.

Education is the key for self liberation.

Time is a treasure on earth.

I was definitely one of those people who fell for the fat-free cookies and chips that are loaded with sugar and calories.

Everything since Homer has improved, except poetry.

ELANTRIS is a new BEN HUR for the fantasy genre, with a sweeping, epic storyline and closely personal characters.

The chariot was purchased by a private collector who took it home to New York. I take pleasure in knowing that it was built to last for at least a thousand years.

It is easier to live as a Protestant, but better to die as a Catholic.