Removing the faults in a stage-coach may produce a perfect stage-coach, but it is unlikely to produce the first motor car.

Many highly intelligent people are poor thinkers. Many people of average intelligence are skilled thinkers. The power of a car is separate from the way the car is driven.

Humor is by far the most significant activity of the human brain.

There is no doubt that creativity is the most important human resource of all. Without creativity, there would be no progress, and we would be forever repeating the same patterns.

Sometimes the situation is only a problem because it is looked at in a certain way. Looked at in another way, the right course of action may be so obvious that the problem no longer exists.

A memory is what is left when something happens and does not completely unhappen.

Companies that solely focus on competition will ultimately die. Those that focus on value creation will thrive.

The winner is the chef who takes the same ingredients as everyone else and produces the best results.

Most of the mistakes in thinking are inadequacies of perception rather than mistakes of logic.

Intelligence is something we are born with. Thinking is a skill that must be learned.

If you wait for opportunities to occur, you will be one of the crowd.

Advice is priceless: when it becomes interference it is preposterous.

Fate, " Bizzy said, "adjusts quicker 'n a hungery dog can lick a dish.

I am a continuation like the rain is the continuation of the cloud.

I travel a ridiculous amount, so I've thought a lot about, and spent a lot of time refining, what I carry and how I carry it.

I'm a classic example of what can happen if you follow your inner voice. I was cursed with interests and some talent in many different areas. It confuses people.

I have a terrible memory; I never forget a thing.

The single biggest change in middle-distance running, from the 1500 metres to 10,000 metres, has been the track surface.

We should be moving vigorously towards renewable energy. The technology of which is right here right now.

I don't want anyone to tell me something.

When you have writers who recognize they're making a wrong turn and correct it, I knew I was in good hands.