Conductors do not know how the oboe does its work, but they know what the oboe should contribute.

Efficiency, which is doing things right, is irrelevant until you work on the right things.

For the first four years, no new enterprise produces profits. Even Mozart didn't start writing music until he was four.

Marketing and innovation produce results; all the rest are costs.

As a manager you're paid to be uncomfortable. If you're comfortable, it's a sure sign you're doing things wrong.

Ideas are cheap and abundant; what is of value is the effective placement of those ideas into situations that develop into action.

You can either take action, or you can hang back and hope for a miracle. Miracles are great, but they are so unpredictable.