First, there is the law. It must be obeyed. But the law is the minimum. You must act ethically.

A real leader has the ability to motivate others to their highest level of achievement; then gives them the opportunity and the freedom to grow.

The ultimate compliment a customer can make to an organization about one of its marketing people is: "I'm not sure whether your sales rep works for me or for you."

. . . the world is filled with the kind of customers who deserve the care and attention I advocate, and I'd be willing to jump through hoops to win and keep them.

. . . top management should spend 40 to 50 percent of its time educating and motivating its people . . .

Sometimes the manager must perform with the courage and agility of a circus performer, carefully crossing the highwire between short-term problems and long-term objectives.

Leadership is the ability of a single individual through his or her actions to motivate others to higher levels of achievement.

People buy products for what they can do, not for what they are.

IBM doesn't want its people to get frustrated and restless because it has them reaching for carrots they can't quit

While every body wants it, most don't want to give it.

We depend on you to do the right thing; right for both you and the company. It is no exaggeration to say that IBM's reputation is in your hands.

Never allow your life to be dictated by what you can see by sight, be guided by your inner vision.

Yielding to God's will can be hard. And sometimes, it really hurts. But it always brings peace.

History is either a moral argument with lessons for the here-and-now, or it is merely an accumulation of pointless facts.

Everybody can doubt, and they are free to doubt, and I don't want to convince anyone.

Power itself is simply a word to describe attention, awareness, which embodies all things.

'Deadwood.' I could have watched that forever.

Writing is an escape from a world that crowds me. I like being alone in a room. It's almost a form of meditation- an investigation of my own life.

I knew I wasn't a baseball writer. I was scared to death. I really was afraid to talk to players, and I didn't want to go into the press box because I thought I was faking it.

What does Donald Trump look like? He looks like a president.

Few people take an interest in Iceland, but in those few the interest is passionate.