Every discussion in a meeting has a diminishing curve of interest. The longer the discussion goes on, the fewer people will be interested in it.

All things being equal, people will do business with a friend; all things being unequal, people will still do business with a friend.

You don't have to reinvent the wheel, just attach it to a new wagon.

Commit yourself to quality from day one ... it's better to do nothing at all than to do something badly.

In our business, the windows of opportunity open and close with dazzling rapidity...I constantly have to remind people to seize the moment.

Round numbers beg to be negotiated, usually by counteroffer round numbers. Odd numbers sound harder, firmer, less negotiable.

People don't plan to fail. They fail to plan.

If you aren't afraid to fail, then you probably don't care enough about success.

If new ideas are the lifeblood of any thriving organisation-and, trust me, they are-managers must learn to revere, not merely tolerate, the people who come up with those ideas.

If Thomas Edison had gone to business school, we would all be reading by larger candles.

Concentrate on each task, whether trivial or crucial, as if it's the only thing that matters.

Books are like ice cream there is a flavor for everyone!

What we are trying to do is to understand this confusion and not cover it up with quotations.

My journey has begunand the direction is upwards. I am shooting for the stars and will come back with a shine like never before. I am blessed beyond measure.

Everybody thinks some times that science is done as a master plan and that somebody like me came from Mars and figured out everything and so on, but that's really not the way it worked.

However amazing a dish looks, it is always the taste that lingers in your memory. Family and friends will appreciate a meal that tastes superb-even if you've brought the pan to the table.

Sometimes I pretend not to look at my own characters, because that's like different people getting off with your girlfriend or something.

As far as I'm concerned, I want to remain the mean little man I always was.

Words physically have power to bring things into existence.

Persistence is incredibly important. Persistence proves to the person you're trying to reach that you're passionate about something, that you really want something.

I got serious about painting at 12, when most people give up.