By and large, jazz has always been like the kind of a man you wouldn't want your daughter to associate with.

Lots of people want to ride with you in the limo.

Nobody wants to stand behind a parked car. You got to always follow somebody who keeps it moving.

A networker likes to meet people. I don't. I like accomplishing things in the world. You meet people when you want to accomplish something.

Being the smartest person in the room I think can be very lonely.

Her image of it came entirely from what she had heard. Or read. Or received unconsciously from distant ancestors. And yet it lived within her.

I don't enjoy any kind of danger or volatility. I don't have that kind of 'I love the bad guys' thing. No, no thank you. I like nice people.

You become what you hang around most.

If someone is doing better than you are today, it is because they have developed a habit of thinking and acting that you have not learned. And whatever other people have learned, you can learn as well.

Today, the best businesses position themselves as "partners" with their customers, vendors, and suppliers. Instead of spreading their business over a large number of other companies, they consolidate their business with a single supplier with whom they work closely to develop high-quality relationships that lead to better quality, greater efficiency, and eventually, lower prices and higher profits for both parties.

Do what the top people do.

The only way to look at men is like they're electrons. They have all these charges sticking out, and they're always looking for a hole where they can put those charges.