In essence, the job of the strategist is to understand and cope with competition. P. 25

Understanding industry structure is also essential to effective strategic positioning P. 26

If the forces are intense, (..) almost no company earns attractive returns on investment.If the forces are benign, (..) many companies are profitable. P. 25

Competitive forces = the underlying drivers of profitability P.25

Observation more than books and experience more than persons, are the prime educators.

The success and the failure are not my concern, but His.

Sometimes only pain can obliterate pain.

Even without wars, life is dangerous.

Like a brain surgeon who drinks a martini when he's not on call, the successful kids in your school may smoke pot on occasion, but they are not stoners.

It has always seemed to me that broken things, just like broken people, get used more; it's probably because God has more pieces to work with.

She had a fierce pleasure in the idea of telling Margaret unwelcome truths, in the shape of performance of duty.

Always forwards, never backwards.

I have to live for me. I have to do what I need to do for me, and I have stopped concerning myself with what people say.

Physics has the cutest words.