100-prozentige Kontrolle über die Arbeit und Terminpläne gewinnen, mit Kritik und Stress umgehen, sich von Ängsten befreien, Unzufriedenheit in Erfolgsenergie umwandeln, mehr Geld verdienen, echte Anerkennung erhalten.

Durch Strategien und Zielsetzung lässt sich alles erreichen - man darf sich durch den Alltag nur nicht derart vereinnahmen lassen, so dass Ziele irgendwann nur noch zu nie erreichbaren Träumen werden.

Es ist die Sicht auf die Welt, die man ändern kann. Mann kann nur die Perspektive ändern, jedoch nicht den Kreis, in dem wir stehen.

Man gibt sich viel zu oft mit viel zu wenig zufrieden, anstatt den Ehrgeiz zu entwickeln, seine Ziele zu erreichen.

Dieses Buch hilft einem dabei, mit Kritik und Stress umzugehen und Ängste und Unzufriedenheit in positive (Erfolgs-) Energie umzuwandeln.

Man darf sich nicht von seinen Frustrationen übermannen lassen. Man darf im Leben stolpern oder hinfallen, doch das Aufstehen ist das, worum es geht.

Kontrolle bewahren und mit Ehrgeiz nach seinen Zielen greifen ist oft der Schlüssel zum Erfolg.

I'm really proud of the writing on Door to Door, and I think that's the Emmy that meant the most - the writing.

I never, in all my life, took any mean advantage of an enemy.

A poet should always be 'collaborating' with his public, but this public, in the mass, cannot make itself heard, and he has to guess at its requirements and its criticisms.

It is foolish to tear ones hair in grief as though sorrow would be made less by baldness.

By raising the minimum wage in California, 700,000 people are going to lose their jobs. There are a lot of opportunities for companies to prosper in Florida and compete here, and that's what I'm going after.

I was told my son was killed in the war on terror. He was killed by George Bush's war of terror on the world.

The idea of taking what people call the 'entertainment culture' as a focus of study, including historical perspective, is not a bad idea.

We will have to give up the hope that, if we try hard, we somehow will always do right by our children. The connection is imperfect. We will sometimes do wrong.

Don't eat anything that won't eventually rot.

If you saw me without concealer, you would see that I have raccoon eyes. And I think my forehead is too small. I am not quintessentially beautiful. I am photogenic, but that's only because I have learned how to make the best of what I've got from the make-up artists I have worked with.

A shortage is a sign that somebody is keeping the price artificially lower than it would be if supply and demand were allowed to operate freely.

Your second-hand bookseller is second to none in the worth of the treasures he dispenses.

The most extraordinary thing about trying to piece together the missing links in the evolutionary story is that when you do find a missing link and put it in the story, you suddenly need all these other missing links to connect to the new discovery. The gaps and questions actually increase - it's extraordinary.

I was not given to looking at life in a rosy light.

It's important to read as much as you can because you never know when you will find the best script that you want to do next. I'm always quite picky in what I read and what I go for.

In the British Special Air Service, combat fitness is all about running.

I am willing to believe, but I do not have the gift of faith. I'm skeptical.

Notable talents are not necessarily connected with discretion.

I'm a man without a corporation.

A blog is neither a diary nor a journal. Many people think of blogging in relation to those two things confessional or practical. It is neither but includes elements of both.

In order to succeed, we must first believe that we can.

I am not content to entrust our free-speech rights to the good graces and whims of Congress and hope that politicians don't abuse their power.

I guess my main influences are Jesus, rock 'n' roll and ex-wives. In that order.

Someone who really loves you sees what a mess you can be how moody you can get how hard you are to handle but still wants you.