"Go find something that you haven't done before. Don't do the same thing over and over again."

“My life is so full of surprises, nothing surprises me any more.”

“Organization doesn't really accomplish anything. Plans don't accomplish anything, either. Theories of management don't much matter. Endeavors succeed or fail because of the people involved. Only by attracting the best people will you accomplish great deeds.”

Source : Colin L. Powell, Joseph E. Persico (2010). “My American Journey”, p.172, Ballantine Books

“Fishing is not like billiards, in which it is possible to attain a disgusting perfection.”

“The Western world, the free world, loses what it cherishes most, and that is freedom and liberty we've seen for a couple of hundred years in this grand experiment that we call democracy”

Source : "General Tommy Franks". Interview with Marvin R. Shanken, www.cigaraficionado.com. November, 2003.

“Regret; The saddest word in the English language.”

“Oi’m always noble, sir; it’s in my blood. ’As been ever since Oi ate that knight a few years back. Why?”

“Playing bad is always more fun than playing good.”

“I don't like to treat a piece of clothing like an object of art because I don't consider myself an artist. I'm a designer.”

Source : "Frida Giannini: A Fashionable Life". Interview with Anamaria Wilson, www.harpersbazaar.com. February 14, 2011.