Diamonds are intriscally worthless.

The purpose of Plan Columbia was to deal with the increased cultivation and illegal activity associated with that cultivation concerning narco trafficking in Columbia.

Speaking passionately from the very center of who you are is compelling, forceful, persuasive: that’s what leadership sounds like.

The Navy has a custom-if a ship runs aground, the captain is relieved regardless of who is responsible. That's how Abu Ghraib should be handled.

Any CEO who cannot clearly articulate the intangible assets of his brand and understand its connection to customers, is in trouble.

One of the biggest mistakes women make in business is that they aren't friendly enough.

Most sane people think that no insane person can reason logically. But this is not so.

... patients seldom run amuck at mealtime.

Speaking with passion born of your own authentic experience and belief is always persuasive.

... many a suicide might be averted if the person contemplating it could find the proper assistance when such a crisis impends.

Let's be cautious about dreaming up extreme scenarios. The situation in Iraq is still salvageable.

We all have pain, Wes. It isn't life without it. What matters in life isn't that we escape pain. What matters is that we overcome it.

It's all about energy

Mindfulness is so much wiser and more robust than our inner critic.

Yesterday is a pile of rubble. Today is a pile of opportunity. Life takes a new dump each morning

France had shown a light to all men, preached a Gospel, all men's good; Celtic Demos rose a Demon, shriek'd and slaked the light with blood.

Cynic, n: a blackguard whose faulty vision sees things as they are, not as they ought to be.

If there's one thing I'm good at, it's putting people in their place.

Apathy is the slow poison coursing through the body politic that paves the way to tyranny.

It's not recognized by enough people as a worthy craft.

My parents have always been very open.