You can observe a lot just by watching.

If you think your teacher is tough, wait until you get a boss. He doesn't have tenure.

The more you are in this business, the more humbled by it you become.

The superior man understands what is right; the inferior man understands what will sell.

I don't like that man. I must get to know him better.

Success is having a flair for the thing that you are doing, knowing that is not enough, that you have got to have hard work and a sense of purpose.

Apply yourself both now and in the next life. Without effort, you cannot be prosperous. Though the land be good, You cannot have an abundant crop without cultivation.

If youre in the luckiest one per cent of humanity, you owe it to the rest of humanity to think about the other 99 per cent.

I'm not the smartest fellow in the world, but I can sure pick smart colleagues.

The way to screw up somebody's life is to give them what they want.

Only you can control your future.

The term 'serious actor' is kind of an oxymoron, isn't it? [Like] 'Republican party' [or] 'airplane food'.

I have far more respect for the person with a single idea who gets there than for the person with a thousand ideas who does nothing

Innovation distinguishes between a leader and a follower.

Don't gamble; take all your savings and buy some good stock and hold it till it goes up, then sell it. If it don't go up, don't buy it.

Don't spend time beating on a wall, hoping to transform it into a door.

When asked, 'How do you write?' I invariably answer, 'one word at a time.'

Success comes to those who become success conscious. Failure comes to those who indifferently allow themselves to become failure conscious.

Hell, there are no rules here - we're trying to accomplish something.

I hope that I may always desire more than I can accomplish.

If you do not change direction, you may end up where you are heading.