Information is useless if it is not applied to something important or if you will forget it before you have a chance to apply it.

What we fear doing most is usually what we most need to do.

If you don't have time, the truth is, you don't have priorities. Think harder; don't work harder.

It isn't enough to think outside the box. Thinking is passive. Get used to acting outside the box.

The best way to counter-attack a hater is to make it blatantly obvious that their attack has had no impact on you.

The way we measure productivity is flawed. People checking their BlackBerry over dinner is not the measure of productivity.

I'll repeat something you might consider tattooing on your forehead: What we fear doing most is usually what we most need to do.

That's precisely the question everyone should be asking-why the hell not? - Why not you, why not now.

Money doesn't change you; it reveals who you are when you no longer have to be nice.

Luxury, to me, is not owning a lot of stuff. Luxury, to me, is feeling unrushed.

Slow down and remember this: Most things make no difference. Being busy is a form of mental laziness-lazy thinking and indiscriminate action.

Everyone can use a little beauty.

They should be taking bonuses from bankers, not library books from schoolchildren. What kind of society are we building?

Since the house is on fire let us warm ourselves.

I think you don't break new ground in anything in life if you are willing to just follow the rules.

In Los Angeles, I feel like the ugly duckling, like I'm from Venus or something.

My family's the most important thing in my life.

Now that this torch is lit, we do not have time to dilly dally around.

I want to reach as many people as possible with the message of music, of wonderful opera.

To truly love is to have the courage to walk away and let the other person who wishes to be free go no matter how much it hurts.