The most essential thing for us was to get the business model right, then put the world-class technology under it to support it. At Merrill, that meant not doing what people expected.

You want to find a place where, because of your skills, you can make an impact.

Positioning the brand and regaining trust are all smart things for us to do and those are the litmus tests for any decisions we make.

Technology has been, and always will be, my one true passion professionally.

Innovation is not the exclusive province of New Economy companies.

Manners come down to a single principle, talk of nothing that might actually prove interesting.

I always say that kindness is the greatest beauty that you can have.

HIV/AIDS has no boundaries.

People who live in the now; those people make things happen.

A person who is psychic is following a line of probability to see a probable future; but it can change. Another causal fact will interfere and that future won't happen.

Freediving is about silence...the silence that comes from within.

Artists can no more speak about their work, than plants can speak about horticulture.

Never rely on your friends for money, or on your money for friends.

If you're a goalkeeper, it doesn't matter what you save the ball with; if you keep it out, it's not a goal.

Why would people spend good money to have my pants?