The funny thing is people won't let me pay for things. I'll be in a restaurant and the manager will say, 'Oh no, it's on the house.'

You don't learn to walk by following rules. You learn by doing, and by falling over.

The balloons only have one life and the only way of finding out whether they work is to attempt to fly around the world.

Do not be embarrassed by your failures, learn from them and start again.

Train people well enough so they can leave, treat them well enough so they don't want to.

If you look after your staff, they'll look after your customers. It's that simple.

Listen more than you talk. Nobody learned anything by hearing themselves speak.

Business opportunities are like buses, there's always another one coming.

If somebody offers you an amazing opportunity but you are not sure you can do it, say yes-then learn how to do it later!

Never take your eyes off the cash flow because it's the life blood of business.

If people aren't calling you crazy, you aren't thinking big enough.

Christopher Columbus, as everyone knows, is honored by posterity because he was the last to discover America.

I want people to use Perl. I want to be a positive ingredient of the world and make my American history. So, whatever it takes to give away my software and get it used, that's great.

The missional church is not a new trend or the latest new technique for reaching postmodern people.

I pursue one goal the encyclopaedia of life.

Maybe Oliver Stone doesn't lend himself well to remakes or sequels, because he does them so well the first time.

If I had an extra 20 or 50 years physically, I could have been the dancer of my dreams. But I never became that dancer.

I'm hopeless at small talk and have a problem making eye contact.

It's all easier said than done, and it isn't even easy to say.

'I'd like a hamburger and a coke, please.' 'Sir, we don't serve negroes here.' 'Ma'am, I don't eat negroes. I'd like a hamburger and a coke.'

A managed democracy is a wonderful thing... for the managers... and its greatest strength is a 'free press' when 'free' is defined as 'responsible' and the managers define what is 'irresponsible'.