. . . the world is filled with the kind of customers who deserve the care and attention I advocate, and I'd be willing to jump through hoops to win and keep them.

A real leader has the ability to motivate others to their highest level of achievement; then gives them the opportunity and the freedom to grow.

The ultimate compliment a customer can make to an organization about one of its marketing people is: "I'm not sure whether your sales rep works for me or for you."

. . . top management should spend 40 to 50 percent of its time educating and motivating its people . . .

Sometimes the manager must perform with the courage and agility of a circus performer, carefully crossing the highwire between short-term problems and long-term objectives.

Leadership is the ability of a single individual through his or her actions to motivate others to higher levels of achievement.

People buy products for what they can do, not for what they are.

IBM doesn't want its people to get frustrated and restless because it has them reaching for carrots they can't quit

While every body wants it, most don't want to give it.

First, there is the law. It must be obeyed. But the law is the minimum. You must act ethically.

We depend on you to do the right thing; right for both you and the company. It is no exaggeration to say that IBM's reputation is in your hands.

Lord may your grace and power be mighty upon us to fulfill our highest calling.

If we fail to understand the biblical story of Jesus, we will compromise our prophetic interpretations of the end-times. And that's exactly what we've done.

There is no pretending," Jace said with absolute clarity. "I love you, and I will love you until I die, and if there is life after that, I'll love you then.

I only do what I like to do.

Every form of art is another way of seeing the world. Another perspective, another window. And science - that's the most spectacular window of all. You can see the entire universe from there.

Medicine is the restoration of discordant elements.

I am a tender, beautiful and loving guy that happens to slap a photographer now and then because they get in my way.

I'm the girl that works at Paramount all day, and Fox all night.

No' is the second shortest word in the English language, but one of the hardest to say.

Most performers don't admit this, because it sounds negative and performers are not supposed to be negative, but when I was on the road, I was lonely.