The secret of leadership is simple: Do what you believe in. Paint a picture of the future. Go there.People will follow.

Leadership is the art of giving people a platform for spreading ideas that work.

Leaders lead when they take positions, when they connect with their tribes, and when they help the tribe connect to itself.

Leadership, on the other hand, is about creating change you believe in.

It's war that makes generals

In a battle between  two ideas, the best one doesn't necessarily win. No, the idea that wins is the one with the most fearless heretic behind it.

How was your day? If your answer was "fine, " then I don't think you were leading.

Marketing used to be about advertising, and advertising is expensive. Today, marketing is about engaging with the tribe and delivering products and services with stories that spread.

To argue over who is the more noble is nothing more than to dispute whether dirt is better for making bricks or for making mortar.

God exists, if only in the form of a meme with high survival value, or infective power, in the environment provided by human culture.

What you do is take the power [popularity] gives you - which is very temporary and minor but significant - and use it. The danger is that you use it on a vanity project that no one wants to watch.

How many beautiful trees gave their lives that today's scandal should, without delay, reach a million readers.

I don't think what I do is influenced by suffering. I come from a talented people who are prolific in music and dance.

but that's alright because now everything'll be alright & we'll soothe the forever boys & girls & before we're thru we'll find a name for this Goddam Golden Eternity & tell a story too

You don't have to be someone special to achieve something amazing. You've just got to have a dream, believe in it and work hard.

A government is an institution that holds a monopoly on the legitimate use of violence.

And that whole do-able/undo-able thing? Yeah. Need I point out that neither Ruth nor I have ever "done" anybody in our lives?

I'm here in Whoopi Goldberg's office trying to choose some shoes. We've seen [Marco] Rubio has those cool new boots and I don't want to be outdone.