People are much more likely to act their way into a new way of thinking, than think their way into a new way of acting.

Nothing fails like success.

Knowledge does not advance practice. Rather practice advances knowledge.

Great companies make meaning. A company has a name, but its people give it meaning.

Leadership is making happen what wouldn't happen anyway and this always entails working at the edge of what is acceptable

The incremental approach to change is effective when what you want is more of what you've already got.

Organizations are, in the last analysis, interactions among people.

Contrary to widespread faith in "communication" and "knowledge transfer," information has a social life, and unless new insights are embedded in the social system they evaporate.

Discoveries from one community cannot be repackaged and provided to another as a silver bullet, That's a "best practice" rollout and it invariably evokes the immune rejection response.

The real objective isn't just "knowledge" or getting an 80-20 understanding of the situation. The overriding objective is engagement, creating a buzz, mobilizing people to take action.

I pray for my children. That they stay safe and make good decisions. That they be happy, thoughtful, and caring human beings. That they have the strength to get up if they fall down.

This is the past: It drifts, it gathers. If you are not careful, it will bury you.

Never underestimate the healing power of silliness and absurdity.

You exist because the universe exists. You owe your existence to the universe. You may call the universe as god or something else, it doesn’t matter. What matters is this: Thank to it!

Focus on the things that your dream is demanding from you

Loyalty is not loyalty unless one clings to it in the face of adversity.

We're the only branch of government that explains itself in writing every time itmakes a decision.

Broadway is a tough, tough arena for singing.

I read books because I love them, not because I think I should read them.

I was delivering pizzas at Domino's. I was 17 maybe. I liked it a lot. Just driving in the nice weather and listening to music.