We allow words to obscure the interpretation of the deeper meaning.

Ideals and morality are often spoken of as virtual antimatter to the behaviors allegedly needed to maximize profits.

If you really want something, you've got to keep going after it.

Moral capitalism is possible; if not, its strictures are only a kind of misleading vanity, the rhetoric of a secular piety.

Questions are far more effective than defensive statements. They do not imply agreement, but they do convey interest and a desire to understand and facilitate an environment for peak performance, a central thread of effective leadership.... The next time someone accuses you of virtually anything, ask some questions. Resolving the situation may take more time, but the outcome will likely be more productive for both of you.

Persistence goes a lot farther than brains.

We haven't figured out a way to get sensors that can discriminate between decoys and warheads. The technology doesn't exist yet.