G.P.A.’s are worthless as a criteria for hiring, and test scores are worthless. We found that they don’t predict anything.

The focus on process rather than purpose creates an insidious opportunity for sly employees to manipulate the system.

If your goals are ambitious and crazy enough, even failure will be a pretty good achievement.

Part of the challenge with leadership is that it's very driven by gut instinct in most cases - and even worse, everyone thinks they're really good at it. The reality is that very few people are.

We want to understand what works here rather than what worked at any other organization.

One of the applications of Big Data is giving people the facts, and getting them to understand that their own decision-making is not perfect. And that in itself causes them to change their behavior

Some people walk into our lives to touch our hearts and others to touch our soul!

Once again was it proved that the designs of Providence are impenetrable and that the sinner, climbing out of the pit of his filthiness, may feel himself touched by grace.

There are no supermoms. Eventually, you just have to hope your kid survives all your parental screw-ups.

And I know, too, that recognizing one's mistakes does not erase them.

Fame and riches are fleeting. Stupidity is eternal

Give to each emotion a personality, to each state of mind a soul.

I questioned everything about music. I think it's a strange thing standing on a stage and making music. I just questioned it always: What's music? What's the meaning of it?

I know what it takes to get to the top.

Clark Kent is how Superman views us. And what are the characteristics of Clark Kent. He's weak... he's unsure of himself... he's a coward. Clark Kent is Superman's critique on the whole human race.

You know, maybe that's all anybody wants, is to be useful. And have somebody else notice it.