To 'turn around' is to end up facing the same way. Maybe that is the problem, all the turning organizations around.

Strategy is not the consequence of planning, but the opposite: its starting point.

Management is, above all, a practice where art, science, and craft meet

When the world is predictable you need smart people. When the world is unpredictable you need adaptable people.

Leadership, like swimming, cannot be learned by reading about it.

Organizations are communities of human beings, not collections of human resources

An enterprise is a community of human beings, not a collection of "human resources".

Learning is not doing; it is reflecting on doing.

Strategy is a pattern in a stream of decisions

Strategy-making is an immensely complex process involving the most sophisticated, subtle, and at times subconscious of human cognitive and social processes.

Management is a curious phenomenon. It is generously paid, enormously influential, and significantly devoid of common sense

Oh, Perceval, a falcon is born to hunt, and so are you. One day you will hunt indeed--but not yet." "Why? Am I not ready?"She looked at him sadly and said, "Give me a little longer.

Trying to second-guess Tegan was like trying to track a tornado. A tornado he had no business chasing.

Please don't believe everything you hear about me, regardless of how true it may be.

When millions of people stand up and fight...they win.

I don't shop by brand loyalty at all. I'm just drawn to what I like when I shop.

I just love making a fool out of myself. I made my living as a clown at kids' parties for about three years.

The message is that ultimate meaning is to be found in this present moment, infusing our everyday lives, here and now.

If I ever wrote a script myself, it would be strongly emotional material.

I got brown sandwiches and green sandwiches. Its either very new cheese or very old meat. - Oscar Madison, from The Odd Couple

My routine actually stays pretty simple and consistent. Every morning I use the X-Out Wash-In Treatment with warm water in the shower. I towel dry my face, apply a moisturizer-sunscreen, and go!