Sampling

"The music out there is only as good as my last record."
James Brown
The Godfather of Soul

Global Warming & Toilet Paper

"I propose a limitation be put on how many squares of toilet paper be used in any one sitting."
Sheryl Crow
On combating Global Warming

The only question

"Whatever can be done will be done. The only question is, will it be done by you or to you?"
Thomas L Friedman
Economist and Futurist

Great Artistry

"When there's no sense of possessiveness or ownership in the artistic process, great things happen."
Paul Budnitz
Owner, Kidrobot

Life vs Work

"Be regular and orderly in your life so that you may be violent and original in your work."
William Styron
Author, Sophie's Choice

Non-fattening

"Fucking - besides being fun, it's not fattening."
Hugh M. Hefner
Founder, Playboy

Our Deepest Fear

Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond imagination. It is our light more than our darkness which scares us. We ask ourselves – who are we to be brilliant, beautiful, talented, and fabulous. But honestly, who are you to not be so?

You are a child of God, small games do not work in this world. For those around us to feel peace, it is not example to make ourselves small. We were born to express the glory of god that lives in us. It is not in some of us, it is in all of us. While we allow our light to shine, we unconsciously give permission for others to do the same. When we liberate ourselves from our own fears, simply our presence may liberate others.

Marianne Williamson
Author, spiritual activist

Middle Managers

"Middle managers are kryptonite to creatives."
Luke Clark

Committee group-think

"A camel is a horse designed by committee."
Anon

Forget research

"Basically everyone said we were crazy. But if you want to change the industry and do something new and innovate, research is a bad tool because all you will get fed back is perception today and not tomorrow."
Jochen Zeitz
CEO, Puma.

The Puritan

"The puritan is a person who is terribly afraid that someone somewhere is having a good time."
Hugh M. Hefner
Founder, Playboy

Customer obsessed

"Our secret is that we have not been competitor obsessed. We have been customer obsessed."
Jeff Bezos
Founder, Amazon.com

Resourcefulness

"I told my friends that my future wife would have to be able to get me out of a Third World prison."
Jeff Bezos
Founder, Amazon.com

Thought & Action

"Think like a man of action, and act like a man of thought."
Henri Bergson

Life interruptions

"Life is a series of interruptions interrupted by interruptions."
Anonymous

Move the world

"Give me a place to stand and I will move the world."
Archimedes of Syracuse
Greek mathematician & physicist

Life, the Creative Way.

"Don't take it all too seriously. If you want to live your life in a creative way, as an artist, you have to not look back too much. You have to be willing to take whatever you've done and whoever you were and throw them away. What are we, anyway? Most of what we think are is just a collection of likes and dislikes, habits and patterns. At the core of what we are is our values, and what decisions and actions we make reflect those values."
Steve Jobs
Founder, Apple

Million Dollar net worth

"At 23, I was a millionaire. At 24, my net worth was more than $10 million. At 25, it was more than $100 million."
Steve Jobs
Founder, Apple

30 Years of Habits

"For the first 30 years of your life, you make your habits. For the last 30 years of your life, your habits make you."
Old Hindu Saying

Death

"I think death is the most wonderful invention of life. It purges the system of those old models that are obsolete."
Steve Jobs
Founder, Apple