Brand is everything, the stuff you want to communicate to consumers and the stuff you communicate despite yourself.

A business based on brand is, very simply, a business primed for success.

The truth is the best brands, like the most interesting people, have a keen sense of self.

The real lesson Orville (Redenbacher) taught me was the power of a good brand to trump all rhyme or reason in the marketplace.

Do not allow your enemy to define you. Because if you allow yourself to be defined negatively, nothing positive you say about yourself will register.

Good brands do three things for highly stressed out consumers: 1. They save time. 2. They project the right message. 3. They provide an identity.

Finding an excuse not to buy a brand can be just as enjoyable as finding an excuse to buy one. That, too, is human nature.