I was always intrigued when I was growing up, and then in engineering school, with the idea of a perpetual machine. I think of the Wal-Mart culture as that.

I'm not always thinking and working ... I think a leader has to really be a balanced, whole and healthy person personally in order to be the best leader on the job.

I usually get up between 5:30 and 6. The good news in Bentonville, Arkansas, is I can be in the office seven minutes later. I like to get in, work on e-mails and catch up.

I call him religious who understands the suffering of others.

When you find the sort of people who will show up to give you a ride exactly when they've promised to do so, hold on to them for dear life.

I stopped explaining myself when I realized other people only understand from their level of perception.

You can't master time, but you have to work your hardest to manage it.

I was a late child from my parents, so I grew up surrounded by people a lot older than me. I think even when I was 21, I felt like I was a 70-year-old man.

Some say that Cusk has no sense of humour, but expecting giggles from this writer would be akin to expecting sonnets from Benny Hill.

You have your face bare; I am all face.

There's just this stage in a guy's life where they need to be free and have fun and just be independent and enjoy their life.

Truth is better for humanity than ignorance, lies, or spin. And it's more interesting.

Hopefully I can inspire lots of people to learn about [Patti Smith], to read poetry or learn about William Blake or Arthur Rimbaud.