The goal isn't innovation. The goal is effectiveness. We strive for innovation because we want to be effective.

The success of a leader will rise or fall on the decisions that he or she makes about the people around him or her.

Do Not Dictate a Child through Someone, it Ruins the Child's Experience.

Acceptance is not passivity. It is a courageous step in the process of transformation.

Kurt [Cobain ]was a feminist. A lot of the bashing against Courtney [Love] I think has to deal with gender bias and the media, and I think that he liked that she was taking the attention off of him.

Beautiful is greater than Good, for it includes the Good.

There were birds in the sky, but I never saw them winging, No I never saw them at all, Until there was you.

We must never be afraid to be a sign of contradiction for the world.

I figure if kids see a movie about 12-year-olds chopping each other up, they can probably see a movie where everyone keeps their clothes on and doesn't use foul language.

I'm interested in conflict and confrontation.

In the Soviet Union I was the head of all oil production. And you know in the Soviet Union, you didn't get that job unless you were really worth it.

With every year of playing, you want to relax one more muscle. Why? Because the more tense you are, the less you can hear.