PowerPoint presentations too often resemble a school play - very loud, very slow, and very simple.

Only drug dealers and software companies call their customers 'users'

It is straightforward for me to be ethical, responsible, and kind-hearted because I have the resources to support that.

Graphical excellence is that which gives to the viewer the greatest number of ideas in the shortest time with the least ink in the smallest space.

Design isn't crafting a beautiful, textured button with breathtaking animation. It's figuring out if there's a way to get rid of the button altogether.

If the statistics are boring, you've got the wrong numbers.

The essential test of design is how well it assists the understanding of the content, not how stylish it is.

Good design is a lot like clear thinking made visual.

Design cannot rescue failed content.

Clutter and confusion are failures of design, not attributes of information.

The world is complex, dynamic, multidimensiona l; the paper is static, flat. How are we to represent the rich visual world of experience and measurement on mere flatland?

Read not only between the lines, but also what is not written.

The key to successful leadership is influence, not authority.

We are your friends. It is the law of friendship that you tell us things you don’t want to tell us.

Guys, I don't want to tell you half-truths, unless they're completely accurate.

To be sure of winning, invent your own game, and never tell any other player the rules.

It's when I am fully conscious that I ask questions.

I think if we have a policy of zero violence, it won't be met, but the policy of getting the Iraqis in the fight and marginalizing those who are trying to stir up trouble will be effective.

X-Men films have always been big, and necessarily so, because of the stories they have to tell.

Money has no religion except itself.

There are no masses; there are only ways of seeing people as masses