In determing "the right people," the good-to-great companies placed greater weight on character attributes than on specific educational background, practical skills, specialized knowledge, or work experience.

I can just let my curiosity wander unleashed.

If you have more than three priorities then you don't have any.

Get the right people on the bus, the wrong people off the bus, and the right people in the right seats...

It took Einstein ten years of groping through the fog to get the theory of special relativity, and he was a bright guy.

The only mistakes you can learn from are the ones you survive.

Mediocrity results first and foremost from management failure, not technological failure.