We have the brand, and we have the fulfillment capability. Now we had to get the Net, and that's the easiest part of the game.

I might not be the brightest bulb in the chandelier, but I'm pretty good at getting most of the other bulbs to light up.

Be candid with everyone.

Before you are a leader, success is all about growing yourself. When you become a leader, success is all about growing others.

Change before you have to.

If you don't have a competitive advantage, don't compete.

Good business leaders create a vision, articulate the vision, passionately own the vision, and relentlessly drive it to completion.

On the face of it, shareholder value is the dumbest idea in the world.

Shareholder value is a result, not a strategy . . . Your main constituencies are your employees, your customers and your products.

If the rate of change on the outside exceeds the rate of change on the inside, the end is near.

Willingness to change is a strength, even if it means plunging part of the company into total confusion for a while.

A friend in deed is a friend indeed.

Greed is like a dark side of every man, and you could not see it from the appearance of a man, but in the inside the greedy beast already dominating you.

You'll have time to rest when you're dead.

Until everyone is free, the experiment of America is not succeeding. We all want opportunity.

I've worked with acting coaches, I've been going out on auditions and meeting with casting directors. But I'm not known as an actress.

The welfare state inhibits the maturation of its young citizens into responsible adults

Not judging people is the fastest way to peace.

Most of you are familiar with the virtues of a programmer. There are three, of course: laziness, impatience, and hubris.

I was 12 in '55 when rock and roll hit. It just completely transformed me.

Knowledge is our ultimate good.