Take risks. Ask big questions. Don't be afraid to make mistakes; if you don't make mistakes, you're not reaching far enough.

Marketing is too important to be left to the marketing department.

The greatest success goes to the person who is not afraid to fail in front of even the largest audience.

The betterment of society is not a job to be left to a few. It's a responsibility to be shared by all.

Management by Walking Around

To remain static is to lose ground.

More organizations die of indigestion than starvation

Profit is not the proper end and aim of management - it is what makes all of the proper ends and aims possible

A man begins dying at the moment of his birth. Most People live in denial of Death's patient courtship until, late in life and deep in sickness, they become aware of him sitting bedside.

I don’t mind my friends calling me 'Thornes, ' but the fact of people calling me 'Prickly Thornes' draws the line.

As soon as you think you can do whatever you want and you have whatever great professional in the world waiting to work with you, then you are sunk.

Bureaucracy, the rule of nobody.

There are lots of things we never understand, no matter how many years we put on, no matter how much experience we accumulate.

I think what makes a good show is obviously a rabid fan base.

Don't take the bull by the horns, take him by the tail; then you can let go when you want to.

The great irony is that women are accused of making romantic comedies, as if it’s a bad thing, but Marc Webb makes a romantic comedy and he gets ‘Spider-Man.’ Are you kidding me? You cannot win.

You are not the child of the people you call mother and father, but their fellow-adventurer on a bright journey to understand the things that are.

We draw the line against misconduct, not against wealth.