What you do for a living is not be creative, what you do for a living is ship.

Instead of wondering when your next vacation is, maybe you should set up a life you don't need to escape from.

You can listen to what people say, sure. But you will be far more effective if you listen to what people do.

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

The job isn't to catch up to the status quo; the job is to invent the status quo.

As our society gets more complex and our people get more complacent, the role of the jester is more vital than ever before. Please stop sitting around. We need you to make a ruckus.

Optimism is the most important human trait, because it allows us to evolve our ideas, to improve our situation, and to hope for a better tomorrow.

Don't find customers for your products, find products for your customers.

Fitting in is a short-term strategy that gets you nowhere. Standing out is a long-term strategy that takes guts and produces results.

Social Networking that matters is helping people archive their goals. Doing it reliably and repeatability so that over time people have an interest in helping you achieve your goals.

You are not your resume, you are your work.

We have come to love darkness of religion more than seeking for the knowledge of God.

I dont think you ever get tired of the well-written, well-crafted songs.

A lot of people have the ambition, but they never ask themselves, Do I really believe I can do this?

Today you have something like A Film by Joe Harry. That is patently asinine and ridiculous.

The dot that became a speck that became a blob that became a figure that became a boy

I sit every once in a while and I think about plays and films I can do with William Petersen into our eighties. He's the most incredible scene partner I've ever had.

If he betrays you, I will finish what I started with his fingers," he said, and I shivered. "Tell him that.

Every time I read a Jane Austen novel, I feel like a bartender at the gates of heaven.

If you enjoy living, it is not difficult to keep the sense of wonder.

Gifts are not favors. If you expect something in return, it's not a gift.