There is no perfect strategic decision. One always has to pay a price. One always has to balance conflicting objectives, conflicting opinions, and conflicting priorities. The best strategic decision is only an approximation - and a risk.

No one has ever failed to find the facts they are looking for.

It’s up to you to carve out your place, to know when to change course, and to keep yourself engaged and productive during a work life that may span some 50 years.

No business can do everything. Even if it has the money, it will never have enough good people. It has to set priorities. The worst thing to do is a little bit of everything. This makes sure that nothing is being accomplished. It is better to pick the wrong priority than none at all.

The paradox of the prophet: his very success is his failure. The prophet whose time has come no longer shocks; he entertains.

Great wisdom not applied to action and behavior is meaningless data.

Communism is evil. Its driving forces are the deadly sins of envy and hatred.