I don't care if they respect me so long as they fear me.

Let them hate me, so long as they fear me.

Would that the Roman people had but one neck!

I scorn their hatred, if they do but fear me

Right now, the economy is a whole lot like a fairly good-looking brain-dead chick in a persistent vegetative coma. You can't really wake her up, but there's things she's still good for.

Every small business has to become a publisher—a publisher of marketing messages and customer resources, and a publisher of stories.

See yourself in a mirror, you are a human first than anything else.

Humor, humility, and, of course, honesty, all are qualities that work in public and cultural diplomacy.

When you grow up close to poultry and fields and gardens and open-air markets, you can't help but develop an instinct for quality food.

I do think your attitude towards money is an inherent part of your character.

The bass, no matter what kind of music you're playing, it just enhances the sound and makes everything sound more beautiful and full. When the bass stops, the bottom kind of drops out of everything.

In this time of national crises...per haps we would do well to spend a few minutes in considering projects which grace and embellish the earth, instead of shaking it.

I wouldn't mind people saying, "You can't do this because this isn't enough."

In a war the aggressor sets the rules.

I usually enter the studio with a mix of songs that I've been listening to that are relevant to the sound I want to achieve.