"Opportunities do not come with their values stamped upon them.... To face every opportunity of life thoughtfully, and ask its meaning bravely and earnestly, is the only way to meet supreme opportunities when they come, whether open-faced or disguised."

“In order to grow at this pace, there will have to be a couple of acquisitions along the way. The tricky thing is to grow at this rate and maintain a 40 percent operating margin.”

“It is better to prevent crimes than to punish them.”

Source : Cesare Beccaria (2016). “On Crimes and Punishments”, p.107, Transaction Publishers

“Better understated than overstated. Let people be surprised that it was more than you promised and easier than you said.”

“In health care today, we spend most of the dollars - in terms of treating disease - in the last two years of a person's life.”

“Not expecting someone to measure up is an insult”

“I call architecture frozen music.”

“I am here and you will know that I am the best and will hear me. The color of my skin or the kink of my hair or the spread of my mouth has nothing to do with what you are listening to.”

“Memories, even bittersweet ones, are better than nothing.”