Understanding industry structure is also essential to effective strategic positioning P. 26

If the forces are intense, (..) almost no company earns attractive returns on investment.If the forces are benign, (..) many companies are profitable. P. 25

In essence, the job of the strategist is to understand and cope with competition. P. 25

Competitive forces = the underlying drivers of profitability P.25

Happiness doesn't always come from a pursuit. Sometimes it comes when we least expect it.

To get rid of predestination we have been willing to degrade our God into a godling.

I'm not pessimistic about people in general, but only about the way they live.

Think your own way through things, accept what is true for you, discard the rest.

Every moment spent in unhappiness is a moment of happiness lost.

I greet you from the other side of sorrow and despair, with a love so vast and shattered it will reach you everywhere.

Most meetings are too long, too dull, too unproductive - and too much a part of corporate life to be abandoned.

I never listen to music in the house, I listen to music in the car.

British women can't cook.

One can rarely achieve greatness on the path of least resistance.