When I moved into management, it was all about managing people and keeping them motivated - I didn't use sales metrics to drive my business. Now, everything comes from the numbers.

A lot of times your best sales rep, that A++ player, kills it on a regular basis...but can never describe how they do it. They look at sales as an art, not a science.

Being against the military because you are against war is like being against the Fire Department because you are against fire.

At the expansion stage, it's really easy to lose focus and chase the shiny object, instead of staying focused on what you're good at and the customers that are already successful.

The best advice I got throughout my career was understanding what my current managers' pains and challenges are - it's not always just about hitting the number.

Words can be powerful allies. Or enemies

Tool wondered if the girl was going mad. It happened to people. Sometimes they saw too much and their minds went away. They lost the will to survive. They curled up and surrendered to madness.

Feelings, and feelings, and feelings. Let me try thinking instead.

I want to invest and have my own record label and artists. I want to have a business where my kids, kids, kids will still have something going on long after I'm gone.

I will omit but I will not distort.

Leadership is all about right and wrong.

It is the fortunate who should extol fortune. [Ger., Das Gluck erhebe billig der Begluckte.]

As far as escaping and making plays, I have a lot of faith in our line.

My, I like Judy Holliday! She looks like a Monet model. And she's so - so defenseless. I like defenseless people. They're the best.

I'm a conservative kind of person. I don't think rightwing is quite the same thing. But I acknowledge my conservatism of temperament.