"The discipline you learn and character you build from setting and achieving a goal can be more valuable than the achievement of the goal itself."

"I like to think of sales as the ability to gracefully persuade, not manipulate, a person or persons into a win-win situation."

"Enthusiasm is excitement with inspiration, motivation, and a pinch of creativity."

"If you think Abraham Lincoln became famous for inventing the town car, it is time to spend a few hours on history."

"I am saddened by how people treat one another and how we are so shut off from one another and how we judge one another, when the truth is, we are all one connected thing. We are all from the same exact molecules."

"'For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge' took a year to record that's why the playing on it might sound somewhat labored. 'Balance,' on the other hand, was written and recorded in only four months, so the whole process was quicker and more immediate."

"Literally, if we took away the minimum wage - if conceivably it was gone - we could potentially virtually wipe out unemployment completely because we would be able to offer jobs at whatever level."

"In modern society, where most people live in cities, and where both needs and wishes are absolved through the same remote agency - money - the distinction between wishes and needs has altogether vanished."