You want to find a place where, because of your skills, you can make an impact.

The most essential thing for us was to get the business model right, then put the world-class technology under it to support it. At Merrill, that meant not doing what people expected.

Positioning the brand and regaining trust are all smart things for us to do and those are the litmus tests for any decisions we make.

Technology has been, and always will be, my one true passion professionally.

Innovation is not the exclusive province of New Economy companies.

Talent alone can't give you a gold medal.There is practise, there is hard work and there is a will to succeed.

Seek not good from without: seek it within yourselves or you will never find it.

The Analytical Engine has no pretensions whatever to originate anything. It can do whatever we know how to order it to perform.

To be human is to have a whole spectrum of these experiences that arise within us.

I love movies, I love being a part of them, and this is the one occupation I love living and playing in and stressing myself out over.

I am definitely not like the hottest young actress, the most beautiful or whatever. I have my own thing going.

It's like swimming, underwater, this whole year. I just close my eyes. hold my breath, and keep kicking.

You know, it's hard to beat bacon at anytime of day. But I also am a big fan of corned beef hash.

While I find that I can keep my nose out of other people's business, I do have a curiosity as to their non-business activities.

Don't date a woman who gives you a pager number instead of a home number (she's looking for control).