Far too many executives have become more concerned with the four P's -- pay, perks, power and prestige -- rather than making profits for shareholders.

Chief executives, who themselves own few shares of their companies, have no more feeling for the average stockholder than they do for baboons in Africa.

A plan without action is not a plan. It's a speech.

Be willing to make decisions. That's the most important quality in a good leader. Don't fall victim to what I call the 'ready-aim-aim-aim-aim syndrome'. You must be willing to fire.

A Fool with a Plan is better off than a Genius without a Plan!

The older I get, the more I see a straight path where I want to go. If you're going to hunt elephants, don't get off the trail for a rabbit.

Try everything. Do everything. Nuclear. Biomass. Coal. Solar. You name it. I support them all.

Work eight hours and sleep eight hours, and make sure that they are not the same eight hours.

You want to compete, and you want to compete at the highest level.

On a scale from 1-10, my ambition is probably 11 or 12.

It has become cheaper to look for oil on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange than in the ground.

And with this frailty of mind, society in general acts like the petulant child in the sandbox, relational aggression occasionally frothing above the surface.

Respect is a really powerful magic too, you know.

Paul may be an excellent source for those interested in the early formation of Christianity, but he is a poor guide for uncovering the historical Jesus.

You wear a mask for so long, you forget who you were beneath it.

To be successful you have to be dumb enough to think you can change the world and smart enough to know how.

This is the point in the show where we say, 'Oh, what else do we have in the van that's flammable?'

I judge a woman and a horse by the same criteria: legs, head and rear end.

The biggest stories in 2005 were the national disasters

Follow your gut and your heart. You'll almost always make the right choice.

Tell Ray to put the eyeliner, the lipstick and the high heels away. I'm not saying he's a cross-dresser, that's just what I heard.