Performance stands out like a ton of diamonds. Nonperformance can always be explained away.

Uncertainty will always be part of the taking charge process.

Facts from paper are not the same as facts from people. The reliability of the people giving you the facts is as important as the facts themselves.

If you keep working you'll last longer. I'd hate to spend the rest of my life trying to outwit an 18-inch fish.

Performance stands out like a ton of diamonds. Nonperformance can always be explained away.

If your desk isn't cluttered, you probably aren't doing your job.

You can know a person by the kind of desk he keeps. If the president of a company has a clean desk then it must be the executive vice president who is doing all the work.