"Checking the results of a decision against its expectations shows executives what their strengths are, where they need to improve, and where they lack knowledge or information."

"The best way to predict the future is to create it."

"Effective leadership is not about making speeches or being liked leadership is defined by results not attributes."

"The most important thing in communication is hearing what isn't said."

"Being a food show and being me, I always kicked it up a notch, which means I would always elevate the spice level or the complexity of a particular dish. So, it was always like we're going to kick this up a little bit."

"When small men attempt great enterprises, they always end by reducing them to the level of their mediocrity."

"It is a subtle truth that justice is the harmonious balance between individual liberty and collective good."

"Happiness, that grand mistress of the ceremonies in the dance of life, impels us through all its mazes and meanderings, but leads none of us by the same route."