The world is a complicated place, and there's a lot of division between people. The performing arts tend to unify people in a way nothing else does.
Smart drafting is a wonderful thing. A smart free-agent signing is a wonderful thing. Smart trades are a wonderful thing, and that's a function of management.
We couldn't get enough Jeremy Lin material in the NBA store fast enough. And when we did, it was just gone in minutes.
In a battery, I strive to maximize electrical potential. When mentoring, I strive to maximize human potential.
The way that worms and viruses spread on the Internet is not that different from the way they spread in the real world, and the way you quarantine them is not that different, either.
Saks is one of the temples of good-quality products in America. The Saks shop in New York, for me, is the most interesting department store in America.
I always marked up a piece of paper before taking a job, looking at the pluses and minuses. If the latter outnumbered the former, I would pass.
John McCain's choice of Sarah Palin as running mate is the towering example of his poor judgment. Palin's ignorance of public affairs is monumental.
A lasting two-state solution requires two credible partners, and not just one side - Israel - taking superficial steps simply to placate world opinion.
As a liberal and progressive, I abhor the notion of conflict and bloodshed and very much want to find a diplomatic solution to the Iran nuclear issue.
Maintaining control indefinitely over millions of Palestinians will inevitably lead to a demographic nightmare and cannot be sustained if Israel is to remain true to its founding principles.
The Palestinian economy is, and will likely continue to be, highly reliant on trade. And yet, trade between the Palestinian Authority and the Arab states is extremely limited.
Simplicity is a great virtue but it requires hard work to achieve it and education to appreciate it. And to make matters worse: complexity sells better.
It's true that I have never met any man whom I thought altogether resembled me - but only because my faults are so enormous.
Whatever Nature has in store for mankind, unpleasant as it may be, men must accept, for ignorance is never better than knowledge.
As to Bell's talking telegraph, it only creates interest in scientific circles... its commercial values will be limited.
I don't remember anything anybody said in any Jack Ford picture. Nothing happens except action.
Well, as you know, General Motors does not make hybrids. Ford only made 4,000 hybrids last year.
Capitalism has worked very well. Anyone who wants to move to North Korea is welcome.
Two out of every five people on Earth today owe their lives to the higher crop outputs that fertilizer has made possible.
I have been struck again and again by how important measurement is to improving the human condition.
