Ideas that transform industries almost never come from inside those industries.

A noble purpose inspires sacrifice, stimulates innovation and encourages perseverance.

One doesn't have to be a Marxist to be awed by the scale and success of early-20th-cent ury efforts to transform strong-willed human beings into docile employees.

You can't use an old map to see a new land.

The goal is not to speculate on what might happen, but to imagine what you can make happen.

Out there in some garage is an entrepreneur who's forging a bullet with your company's name on it. You've got one option now - to shoot first. You've got to out innovate the innovators.

We owe our existence to innovation. Our species exists thanks to four billion years of genetic innovation.

There's a simple, but oft-neglected lesson here: to sustain success, you have to be willing to abandon things that are no longer successful.

We've reached the end of incrementalism. Only those companies that are capable of creating industry revolutions will prosper in the new economy.

Innovation is the fuel for growth. When a company runs out of innovation, it runs out of growth.

Management innovation is going to be the most enduring source of competitive advantage. There will be lots of rewards for firms in the vanguard.

Don’t whittle your potential, just because others don’t believe in you. The only worthy question is “Do You Believe in You?

My great idea is that we must forgive the Pope. First of all, he needs it more than anyone else. Besides, it is the only way of placing oneself above him.

I grow my own vegetables and herbs. I like being able to tell people that the lunch I'm serving started out as a seed in my yard.

Fashion is a potency in art, making it hard to judge between the temporary and the lasting.

If we wait for the danger to become clear, it could be too late.

Everybody had something horrible happen to them at one time or another in their life.

NVC gives us tools and understanding to create a more peaceful state of mind.

I think that being a business a leader that treads all over people to get to the top is actually not the way I think to become a successful business leader.

Humans all want to beat the clock but nobody ever does.

If you get a guy that can play a couple positions, it helps you out a real lot.