You have venture capitalists. We view them as experts who also help finance your company and give directions and also some pretty candid discussions about what you have to do better.

A well-run organization turns over 10% of their organizations, including senior leadership. I don't have the heart to do that.

At Cisco, we are moving to collaboration teams, groups coming together that represent sales, engineering, finance, legal, etc. And we're training leaders to think across silos.

The window was open for us to play in the consumer as data, voice, video came together. This is where you have to have the courage to take good business risks because if you don't, you never win.

If every company becomes a technology company, business models and transitions are going to occur. From a CEO's perspective, this is going to be the biggest technology transition of all times.

We are all worms, But I do believe that I am a glow worm.

God will do everything possible to help you, to prepare you for what he had called you to do.

'Tis God gives skill but not without men's hands: he could not make Antonio Stradivarius violins without Antonio.

What we want is never simple.

Chance is always powerful. Let your hook be always cast. In the pool where you least expect it will be a fish.

Ay Dad, brush my hair one time. Hey pops! Come brush my hair.

The study of history lies at the foundation of all sound military conclusions and practice.

I like my men like I like my coffee. Silent.

Life has gone by as if I never lived

They play it safe, are quick to assassinate what they do not understand. They move in packs, ingesting more and more fear with every act of hate on one another.