Faced with the opportunity to become the category of one, we almost always hesitate, almost always compromise, almost always dumb it down to play it a little bit safer

Instead of wondering when your next vacation is, maybe you should set up a life you don't need to escape from.

You can listen to what people say, sure. But you will be far more effective if you listen to what people do.

Leadership is the art of giving people a platform for spreading ideas that work.

The job isn't to catch up to the status quo; the job is to invent the status quo.

As our society gets more complex and our people get more complacent, the role of the jester is more vital than ever before. Please stop sitting around. We need you to make a ruckus.

Optimism is the most important human trait, because it allows us to evolve our ideas, to improve our situation, and to hope for a better tomorrow.

Don't find customers for your products, find products for your customers.

Fitting in is a short-term strategy that gets you nowhere. Standing out is a long-term strategy that takes guts and produces results.

Social Networking that matters is helping people archive their goals. Doing it reliably and repeatability so that over time people have an interest in helping you achieve your goals.

You are not your resume, you are your work.

Kids keep getting wiser younger, which is dangerous, and adults need to stop taking themselves too seriously.

I think being an outcast is what sort of strengthens the nerd movement, because you're isolated, so you have time.

I swear by now I'm playing time against my troubles I'm coming slow but speeding

When I leave the body someday, I can help people just as effectively if they focus upon me.

The drive to create music that is pure is my highest priority. Sometimes I'll get extremely technical, and other times I'll just kind of go with the gods of music.

With Hitchcock I had little relationship. I was called to replace Bernard Herrmann, his favorite composer, in Torn Curtain, after the bitter fight between them.

I truly love Australia; I miss Aussie kids and their attitude!

Do I pray that the Lord gives me the desire to do his will, or do I look for compromises because I'm afraid of God's will?

Amplification is the vice of modern oratory.

You can have fun, but you also have to put on your thinking cap every day