Communication always makes demands. It always demands that the recipient become somebody, do something, believe something. It always appeals to motivation.

By themselves, character and integrity do not accomplish anything. But their absence faults everything else.

Concentration is the key to economic results. No other principle of effectiveness is violated as constantly today as the basic principle of concentration.... Our motto seems to be, "Let's do a little bit of everything."

But innovation is more than a new method. It is a new view of the universe, as one of risk rather than of chance or of certainty. It is a new view of man's role in the universe; he creates order by taking risks. And this means that innovation, rather than being an assertion of human power, is an acceptance of human responsibility.

For new technology to replace old, it has to have at least ten times the benefit.

Spontaneity is an infinite number of rehearsed possibilities.

There's an enormous number of managers who have retired on the job.