You’ve got to work things out in the cloakroom, and when you’ve got them worked out, you can debate a little before you vote.

Every spoken word arouses our self-will.

Smiles are the language of love.

I wrote a song with Ed Sheeran that was kind of spontaneous.

I realized why directors are such horrible people – in a way – because you want things to be right, and people will just not listen to you, and there is no time to be nice to people, no time to be delicate.

It’s a rather rude gesture, but at least it’s clear what you mean.

I would rather earn 1% off a 100 people’s efforts than 100% of my own efforts.

I sincerely hope I can contribute to the progress there has been in relations between Jews and Catholics since the Second Vatican Council in a spirit of renewed collaboration.

Before you start some work, always ask yourself three questions – Why am I doing it, What the results might be and Will I be successful. Only when you think deeply and find satisfactory answers to these questions, go ahead.

My name can’t be that tough to pronounce!

Forethought we may have, undoubtedly, but not foresight.

It’s OK to have your eggs in one basket as long as you control what happens to that basket.

I let the dog out, or I let him in, and we talk some. I let him know I like him, and he lets me know he likes me.

Anybody can be specific and obvious. That’s always been the easy way. It’s not that it’s so difficult to be unspecific and less obvious; it’s just that there’s nothing, absolutely nothing, to be specific and obvious about.

I don’t really plan. I’m almost intuitive about things.

The business aspect is one of the most important things about having a music career, because every choice you make in a management meeting affects your life a year-and-a-half from now.

Buy the ticket, take the ride.

Never explain – your friends do not need it and your enemies will not believe you anyway.

Whatever words we utter should be chosen with care for people will hear them and be influenced by them for good or ill.

Synergy is better than my way or your way. It’s our way.

I am not one who – who flamboyantly believes in throwing a lot of words around.

There’s an urgent need to stop reacting to each immediate vexing issue in isolation. Such response often creates unanticipated second-order effects and even more problems for us.

Music fills in for words a lot of the time when people don’t know what to say, and I think music can be more eloquent than words.

The royal road to a man’s heart is to talk to him about the things he treasures most.

Being flooded with information doesn’t mean we have the right information or that we’re in touch with the right people.

When you have a conflict, that means that there are truths that have to be addressed on each side of the conflict. And when you have a conflict, then it’s an educational process to try to resolve the conflict. And to resolve that, you have to get people on both sides of the conflict involved so that they can dialogue.

The right word may be effective, but no word was ever as effective as a rightly timed pause.

I think if I did something in the pop world right now, it would be for Rihanna. I’d love to do something production wise for her.

The difference between the almost right word and the right word is really a large matter – ‚tis the difference between the lightning-bug and the lightning.

We have two ears and one mouth so that we can listen twice as much as we speak.

I always tell people that you should only hire people to be on your team if you would work for them.

Thanks to my reading, I have never been caught flat-footed by any situation, never at a loss for how any problem has been addressed… It doesn’t give me all the answers, but it lights what is often a dark path ahead.

Nothing is worth doing unless the consequences may be serious.

I’ve been so blessed to play for the greatest coach at a time when our organization has done incredible things. I’ve played with the best teammates. Playing for Mr. Kraft and what his influence on the team has been.

As soon as questions of will or decision or reason or choice of action arise, human science is at a loss.

I’m a pretty funny guy, and I would love to do a comedy with a bunch of funny guys – movie-star guys, where they could help me through it.

I know what I do for my team and what my teammates expect of me on both ends of the floor.

Anything important is never left to the vote of the people. We only get to vote on some man; we never get to vote on what he is to do.

Anyone who says he can see through women is missing a lot.

Something unpleasant is coming when men are anxious to tell the truth.

Remind yourself that winning an argument or proving your point really gets you nowhere in the long run. Win through your actions, not your words.

I have always believed in evolving a consensus before taking any major decision.

I don’t want to just preach to the church. I feel like I have a broader message.

We build too many walls and not enough bridges.

My daughter doesn’t even get my humor. She’s like, ‚Um, no. I don’t get it, Dad. Mmm, no, not that one, Dad.‘

You will find men who want to be carried on the shoulders of others, who think that the world owes them a living. They don’t seem to see that we must all lift together and pull together.

I am always wary of decisions made hastily. I am always wary of the first decision, that is, the first thing that comes to my mind if I have to make a decision. This is usually the wrong thing. I have to wait and assess, looking deep into myself, taking the necessary time.

If you can speak what you will never hear, if you can write what you will never read, you have done rare things.

‚Good English‘ is whatever educated people talk; so that what is good in one place or time would not be so in another.

My company survives because I’ve learned to respect the ideas of people younger than me and recognize when my wisdom is obsolete.

It’s the way I study – to understand something by trying to work it out or, in other words, to understand something by creating it. Not creating it one hundred percent, of course; but taking a hint as to which direction to go but not remembering the details. These you work out for yourself.

The more a person seeks security, the more that person gives up control over their life.

The vibe in our locker room is real energetic and fun and real personable, I think from Day 1. That gets you through a lot of tough times, where in hard times, it might be common nature for guys to do their own thing and split up and become silent.

Every man, every woman who has to take up the service of government, must ask themselves two questions: ‚Do I love my people in order to serve them better? Am I humble and do I listen to everybody, to diverse opinions in order to choose the best path?‘ If you don’t ask those questions, your governance will not be good.

If you want to know your true opinion of someone, watch the effect produced in you by the first sight of a letter from him.

I was lucky – I found what I loved to do early in life. Woz and I started Apple in my parents‘ garage when I was 20. We worked hard, and in 10 years, Apple had grown from just the two of us in a garage into a $2 billion company with over 4000 employees.

In any moment of decision, the best thing you can do is the right thing, the next best thing is the wrong thing, and the worst thing you can do is nothing.

Building capacity dissolves differences. It irons out inequalities.

Often the hands will solve a mystery that the intellect has struggled with in vain.

If every choice you make comes from an honest place, you’re solid, and nothing anybody can say about you can rock you or change your opinion.

The mouth obeys poorly when the heart murmurs.