"If you happen to be one of the fretful minority who can do creative work, never force an idea; you'll abort it if you do. Be patient and you'll give birth to it when the time is ripe. Learn to wait."

“Revision is a good impulse to have.”

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“Doing the right thing is important, which is where strategy comes in. But doing that thing well—execution—is what sets companies apart. After all, every football play is designed to go for a huge gain. The reason it doesn’t is because of execution—people drop balls, miss blocks, go to the wrong place, and so forth. So, success depends on execution—on the ability to get things done.”

“But the other notion is, we also believe that those folks closest on the ground that we're holding accountable for the results can decide, and ought to evaluate which programs get results.”

Source : "The Education Week Interview: Margaret Spellings". Interview with Lynn Olson, www.edweek.org. February 9, 2005.

“We live in an era where pizzas show up faster than the police.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

“You might as well deny 'Mormonism,' and turn away from it, as to oppose the plurality of wives.”

“Is there a better example of natural selection in action than 'Project Runway?'”

“The Nobel Prizes are much more than awards to scholars; they are a celebration of civilization, of mankind, and of what makes humans unique - that is their intellect from which springs creativity.”

“Nothing. And, I don't start before noon.”