Nothing will divide this nation more than ignorance, and nothing can bring us together better than an educated population.

We expect teachers to handle teenage pregnancy, substance abuse, and the failings of the family. Then we expect them to educate our children.

People who take risks are the people you'll lose against.

If you spend too much time worrying about how other people perceive you, you'll never break the rules.

People are going to be most creative and productive when they're doing something they're really interested in.

You can't be No. 1 unless you think like No. 1. You have to appear like No. 1.

Innovation has never come through bureaucracy and hierarchy. It's always come from individuals.

In many cases, jobs that used to be done by people are going to be able to be done through automation. I don't have an answer to that. That's one of the more perplexing problems of society.

No great marketing decisions have ever been made on qualitative data

As a brand marketer, I'm a big believer in 'branding the customer experience,' not just selling the service.

Marketing strategy is a series of integrated actions leading to a sustainable competitive advantage.

Some people are like egg. The more you apply heat to them, the harder they become. To hatch them, just use a gentle heat, and to keep them alive, just keep them cool.

If you do not move in synchronization with time, you will be left behind.

The most difficult challenge that Governments have faced since the dinosaurs roamed the earth.

Nature does not loathe virtue: it is unaware of its existence.

In Europe, they like everything you do. The mistakes and everything. That's a little bit too much.

I read a lot - and I read a variety of genres.

I never thought I'd be acting. It's very accidental for me.

Every human feeling is greater and larger than its exciting cause-a proof, I think, that man is designed for a higher state of existence.

I don't feel competitive.

Now don't laugh 'cause I just might be...the soft curve in your hardline. (from the song "Hardliners" by Holcombe Waller)