If new ideas are the lifeblood of any thriving organisation-and, trust me, they are-managers must learn to revere, not merely tolerate, the people who come up with those ideas.

All things being equal, people will do business with a friend; all things being unequal, people will still do business with a friend.

You don't have to reinvent the wheel, just attach it to a new wagon.

Commit yourself to quality from day one ... it's better to do nothing at all than to do something badly.

In our business, the windows of opportunity open and close with dazzling rapidity...I constantly have to remind people to seize the moment.

Round numbers beg to be negotiated, usually by counteroffer round numbers. Odd numbers sound harder, firmer, less negotiable.

People don't plan to fail. They fail to plan.

If you aren't afraid to fail, then you probably don't care enough about success.

If Thomas Edison had gone to business school, we would all be reading by larger candles.

Concentrate on each task, whether trivial or crucial, as if it's the only thing that matters.

The best people know that there are two phases in every crisis: the one where you manage it and the other where you learn from it. To succeed you have to do both

If it doesn't lead to success or happiness, it is absolutely not for you.

It is not other people who make them to smoke, it is mostly a voluntary decision.

You name it - it is something every day from the Environmental Protection Agency, and every group I talk to is the same message: 'Please stop them. Please stop.'

Stan Hack has as many friends in baseball as Leo Durocher has enemies

Englishmen never will be slaves; they are free to do whatever the government and public opinion allow them.

Ask God to give you the strength to endure, and rest assured, He will take care of you.

To be a good executive you have to be strong, and you have to have a simple attribute that people have forgotten about - courage.

Pit Riley had a lasting effect on us as players and the coaching staff.

The expectation of my life was that I might be able to work for some good white folks. Now I got some good white folks working for me.

My mother had a book club that would dissolve into opening wine.