I teach in the medical school, the School of Public Health, the Kennedy School of Government, and the Business School. And it's the best perch... because most of my work crosses boundaries.

Strategy is about setting yourself apart from the competition. It's not a matter of being better at what you do - it's a matter of being different at what you do.

Competitive strategy is about being different. It means deliberately choosing a different set of activities to deliver a unique mix of value.

Strategy is about making choices, trade-offs; it's about deliberately choosing to be different.

A strategy delineates a territory in which a company seeks to be unique.

If a strategy meets a goal: It's working. If a strategy meets a target: It's a success.

The best CEOs I know are teachers, and at the core of what they teach is strategy.

The purpose of the corporation must be redefined as creating shared value, not just profit per se. This will drive the next wave of innovation and productivity growth in the global economy.

There's a fundamental distinction between strategy and operational effectiveness.

Innovation is the central issue in economic prosperity.

The company without a strategy is willing to try anything.

Today the idea of the shed blood of Christ is becoming old-fashioned and out of date in a lot of preaching. It is in the Bible. It is the very heart of Christianity.

Dex had taught her well, and now he would pay.

Happiness is produced not so much by great pieces of good fortune that seldom happen as by little advantages that occur every day.

Let's face it, space is a risky business. I always considered every launch a barely controlled explosion.

Right now, I have to admit, that I'm more interested in giving people a little bit of hope and goodness.

I am always up to steal secrets from smart people.

There are days when I don't want to go to the gym or find myself not super motivated upon arriving. I would visualize myself playing at the Olympics.

Justice makes the life of such as are in prosperity, power and authority the life of a god, and injustice turns it to that of a beast.

If you procrastinate when faced with a big difficult problem... break the problem into parts, and handle one part at a time.

You're always a child of your time, and you cannot step out of that.