Powerlessness corrupts: absolute powerlessness corrupts absolutely.

One of the symptoms of a losing streak is a turnover of top executives. It's a revolving door.

Change is a threat when done to me, but an opportunity when done by me.

A vision is not just a picture of what could be; it is an appeal to our better selves, a call to become something more.

Too many people let others stand in their way and don't go back for one more try.

The middle of every successful project looks like a disaster.

The most radical thing we can do is connect people to one another. That starts conversations toward a vision for change.

Mindless habitual behavior is the enemy of innovation.

I've found that small wins, small projects, small differences often make huge differences.

I've been looking at companies that are on a positive path vs. a negative path and I've come to use the language of sports, winning streaks and losing streaks.

Everything looks like a failure in the middle. In neary every change project, doubt is cast on the original vision because problems are mounting and the end is nowhere in sight.

Be the God or goddess of love and love everyone.

You can kiss me if you like, " she said.Alex let go of her and turned away. "Thanks, Fiona, " he said. "But frankly I'd prefer to kiss the horse.

The march of human progress seemed mainly a matter of getting over that initial shock of being here.

Man-made things, buildings, boats, etc., we see more decidedly than the other things in a landscape.

[John] Hughes was open to that [rehearsal]. This can only happen if the director and/or the writer are open to that.

I like thick or middle (spaghetti). Thin for me is always overcooked by the time I'm eating it.

There was a weird, innate kind of understanding between me and Christina (Ricci). A psychic told us we were sisters in a past life.

He pinched the name tag and ran his fingers under the letters. "Can you read this, mate? It says C-H-A-R-O-N. Say it with me: CARE-ON." "Charon." "Amazing! Now: Mr. Charon." "Mr. Charon." "Well done.

Why is that when people become ill and have something wrong with any of their organs, they get sympathy from other people - except when that organ is their brain?

I am the president now, the president of everybody.