Power never takes two weeks off. Power takes long weekends.

So, if you have a grandma, thank the good Lord above, and give your grandmamma hugs and kisses, for grandmothers are to love.

Women on the way up generally fail to win popularity contests. The only compensation is that once you're there you will become very well liked.

A child who has a grandparent has a softened view of life, the feeling that there is more to life than what we see, more than getting and gaining, winning and losing.

Grandmothers are to life what the Ph.D. is to education. There is nothing you can feel, taste, expect, predict, or want that the grandmothers in your family do not know about in detail.

Did I choose you? Did you choose me? And what difference does it make? All that really matters, friend, is that we chose together.

Always hire people who are better than you. Hiring dummies is shortsighted. You can't move up the ladder until everyone is comfortable with your replacement.