Referring the matter to a committee' can be a device for diluting authority, diffusing responsibility and delaying decisions.

The only real training for leadership is leadership.

The Opposition aren't really the Opposition. They're just called the Opposition. But in fact they are the Opposition in exile. The Civil Service are the Opposition in residence.

In corporation [corporate] religions as in others, the heretic must be cast out not because of the probability that he is wrong but because of the possibility that he is right.

There is this great idea about the logic of a politician, along the lines of: "Something must be done, this is something, therefore we must do it.

You can judge a leader by the size of the problem he tackles... Other people can cope with the waves, it's his job to watch the tide.

Men grow to the stature to which they are stretched when they are young.

You can judge a leader by the size of the problem he tackles - people nearly always pick a problem their own size, and ignore or leave to others the bigger or smaller ones.

He’s suffering from Politician’s Logic. Something must be done, this is something, therefore we must do it.

Anger is a shield for the power of the sword's magic, so that helped.

Patents need inventors more than inventors need patents

I was promised on a time To have reason for my rhyme From that time unto this season I received nor rhyme nor reason.

Its really hard to be roommates with people if your suitcases are much better than theirs.

I'm a chairperson for 'No Kid Hungry', a campaign for poor American children.

When I present or speak, I write the slides myself. And regarding time, I would like to be able to publish more than I do.

Khufu carefully picked out everything that ended with-o—Doritos, Oreos, and some chunks of meat. Buffalo? Armadillo? I was scared to even ask.

Each day learn something new, and just as important, relearn something old.

Some experience is helpful. "The Pianist" was a film that I could make with my eyes closed because I had lived it and everything was still alive in me.

One of the things about a great team is that the whole exceeds the sum of its partners.