One of the people who most influenced me was Ben Shapiro, a marketing

professor at the business school. He used to rant and rave and pound his fist: 'It's all about the customers!' And he was right. He was also right that, at that time, retailing was devoid of really talented people; he urged me to go in that direction.
Thomas G. Stemberg

Modern society has evolved to the point where we counter the old-fashioned fatalism surrounding the word 'cancer' by embracing the idea of the Uber-mind - that our will possesses nearly supernatural powers.
Abraham Verghese

The love of domination and an uncontrolled lust of arbitrary power have prevailed among all nations and perhaps in proportion to the degrees of civilization.
Mercy Otis Warren

Jewelery isn't really my thing, but I've always got my eye on people's watches.
Clive Owen

I look at American movies, the big muscles, and try to apply that to Chinese film-making.
Ang Lee

There was the scientific and technical progress which couldn't be predicted by the state.
Anatoly Chubais

Get it out of your historic head.
Imogen Cunningham

I was very active in the peace movement, still am.
Margot Kidder

My parents didn't want to move to Florida, but they turned sixty and that's the law.
Jerry Seinfeld