People in business are uniquely unqualified to see their own companies and product objectively. Too much product knowledge causes them to instinctively answer questions no one is asking.

Contrary to popular belief, Americans don't hate advertising.

A smart man makes a mistake, learns from it, and never makes that mistake again.But a wise man finds a smart man and learns from him how to avoid the mistake altogether.

The first step in exceeding your customer's expectations is to know those expectations.

String Theory describes energy and matter as being composed of tiny, wiggling strands of energy that look like strings. And the pitch of a string's vibration determines the nature of its effect.

Numerals are images of amounts. But the amounts they represent are real.

It is a lack of commitment, not a lack of talent, that damns you to mediocrity.

In essence, String Theory describes space and time, matter and energy, gravity and light, indeed all of God's creation as music.

In marketing you must choose between boredom, shouting and seduction. Which do you want?

Preparation, mastery, can help you overcome your fear, but mastery alone is not enough. There has to be something you want that’s worth more to you than your fear.

You see a person when you look in the mirror that no one sees but you. Other people see a person when they look at you, but you're not that person, either.

Letting go gives us freedom, and freedom is the only condition for happiness. If, in our heart, we still cling to anything - anger, anxiety, or possessions - we cannot be free.

The best way to navigate through life is to give up all of our controls.

I think of myself as a positive agnostic. I don't know, therefore I'm open. I don't know, therefore I'm interested.

Great is the good fortune of a state in which the citizens have a moderate and sufficient property.

Every silver lining has a touch of grey.

If the [Republican] party wants to have an ideological debate, it's never going to win anything in a major way.

When I was arrested I was dressed in black

No art, however minor, demands less than total dedication if you want to excel in it.

In the end, everything came down to money. It came down to what a person actually did, as opposed to who they thought they were.

What would you do, if you could do anything?