The right amount of complexity is what creates the optimal simplicity

My opinion is that anybody offended by breastfeeding is staring too hard

Much of the stress that people feel doesn't come from having too much to do. It comes from not finishing what they've started.

There is a light at the end of the tunnel, but the way out is through.

Your ability to generate power is directly proportional to your ability to relax

Your mind is for having ideas, not holding them.

Once a week, do a thorough review of all your projects in as much detail as you need to. If you do, your systems will work. If you don't, no system will work.

Sometimes the biggest gain in productive energy will come from cleaning the cobwebs, dealing with old business, and clearing the desks—cutting loose debris that's impeding forward motion.

You can do anything, but not everything.

Small things done consistently, in strategic places, create major impact.

Most people move actually into high performance in a crisis because that creates the kind of focus that creates high performance.

I wanted someone above me in the chain of life. I didn't want to be alone, a single blue egg in a crumbling nest.

There are three types of baseball players-those who make it happen those who watch it happen and those who wonder what happened.

Subtract out the impact and the fall is all you get. So here's two beers to remember why and three more to forget.

I am interested in challenging the mainstream ideas of what is beautiful and what is acceptable.

I've got a long way to go. I'm not in a hurry.

I'd like to do Harvey again. I did it two years ago with Helen Hayes in New York. It was a joy. I was so glad to do it again because I never thought I did it right the first time.

There are three qualities a leader must exemplify to build trust: competence, connection, and character.

Certainly, it seems true enough that there's a good deal of irony in the world... I mean, if you live in a world full of politicians and advertising, there's obviously a lot of deception.

Must be a different Larry Wall. There are at least 137 of us in the U.S.

A horse will never tire of a rider who possesses both tact and sensitivity because he will never be pushed beyond his possibilities.