It's a historical phenomenon that in 250 years, a nation could move from a colony into the most prosperous nation of the world and the leader of the world. It is indeed an achievement, a tribute to the talent of the American nation, the American peop...
The true test of a leader is whether his followers will adhere to his cause from their own volition, enduring the most arduous hardships without being forced to do so, and remaining steadfast in the moments of greatest peril.
September 11 was horrific, but I've been through enough crises before that I had my own pattern as to how to collect facts, what a leader should do, how to communicate with people, how to set up operating mechanisms to work our way through it.
As even a democracy like the United States has shown, waging war can benefit a leader in several ways: it can rally citizens around the flag, it can distract them from bleak economic times, and it can enrich a country's elites.
What business does memory have with time?
In business, success often depends upon the relative age of your ideas.
The people who make art their business are mostly imposters.
You must be an artist and an actor.
Forget perfect. Be quick. Quickness kills.
Quickness means you are hustling.
Life seems but a quick succession of busy nothings.
God is busy and has no time for you.
You’ve been one busy worm!
Busy is good because it shows you’re alive.
Living like this is a full-time business.
My dad knows the business, and he tells me I've got to do what's best for me.
In business, three things are necessary: knowledge, temper, and time.
No business can be made easier to do than excuses are to make.
…momentum—not experience—is the single biggest predictor of business and personal success.
I'm too busy playing to worry about the movement or the fingerboard.
I'm too busy putting my energies into my performance to be a diva.