The great lesson of the Internet revolution is not that people never want personal service, just that they won't pay for personal service that does not add real value to the transaction.

Brand is everything, the stuff you want to communicate to consumers and the stuff you communicate despite yourself.

The truth is the best brands, like the most interesting people, have a keen sense of self.

Good brands do three things for highly stressed out consumers: 1. They save time. 2. They project the right message. 3. They provide an identity.

Every brand builder will face a million temptations to obscure, dilute, or confuse his or her brand message. These temptations fall under two general headings: boredom and the desire for growth.

A strong brand is the only thing that can tip the balance of power between distributors and a manufacturer back into the manufacturer's favor.

Finding an excuse not to buy a brand can be just as enjoyable as finding an excuse to buy one. That, too, is human nature.

Do not allow your enemy to define you. Because if you allow yourself to be defined negatively, nothing positive you say about yourself will register.

It's not fair, but it's not entirely wrong to presume that the more capable people will come from the better brand.

A business based on brand is, very simply, a business primed for success.

While the importance of a strong brand is widely understood, nothing is as misunderstood in American business as the question of how to use it.

Being is seeing in the human dimension.

Indian weddings are elaborate. As a culture, we like to celebrate everything Our weddings go on for sometimes a week, 10 days.

The Meatbats are a throwback band.

I had never doubted my own abilities, but I was quite prepared to believe that "the world" would decline to recognize them.

Humility is courage, the open acceptance of your own perfection.

A friend you have to buy won't be worth what you pay for him.

There are truths, and there are legends touched with truth, and all can teach you something.

I'm not looking to lose anything. I'm looking to continue making movies.

Ironic and jittery, we are puzzled by the old heroes with their fighting, boasting, and cocksure lovemaking.

What if English toil and blood Was poured forth, even as a flood? It availed, Oh, Liberty, To dim, but not extinguish thee.