The strength of the computer lies in its being a logic machine. It does precisely what it is programed to do. This makes it fast and precise. It also makes it a total moron; for logic is essentially stupid.

Never underrate the boss! The boss may look illiterate. He may look stupid. But there is no risk at all in overrating a boss. If you underrate him he will bitterly resent it or impute to you the deficiency in brains and knowledge you imputed to him.

The individual is the central, rarest, most precious capital resource of our society.

Unless strategy evaluation is performed seriously and systematically, and unless strategists are willing to act on the results, energy will be used up defending yesterday.

Effective people are not problem minded; they're opportunity-minded. They feed opportunities and starve problems. They think preventively.

The leader of the past was a person who knew how to tell. The leader of the future will be a person who knows how to ask.

Miracles are great, but they're so damn unpredictable.