Tom Peters

One simply cannot pay tribute to Stephen Covey without saying at the outset that he was a lovely human being.

Almost all quality improvement comes via simplification of design, manufacturing... layout, processes, and procedures.

All white-collar work is project work. The single salient fact that touches all of our lives is that work is being reinvented.

I had no idea what I was doing when I wrote 'Search.' There was no carefully designed work plan. There was no theory that I was out to prove.

The top athletes are consummate pros who work obsessively at their craft. Approach yours the same way.

I think economics is about passion. Economic progress, whether it is a two-person coffee shop or whether it is Netscape, is about people with brave ideas. Because it is brave to mortgage the house, when you've got two kids, to start a coffee shop.