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" The big picture doesn't just come from distance; it also comes from time. "

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" Halloween is one of my favorite days of the year. I have a strict rule: I don't work on Halloween and I won't travel on Halloween. Not for any reason. "

" When I was a kid, I was a bit of a space geek. I loved the space program and all things NASA. I would read books about our solar system; I had pictures of the Space Shuttle on my bedroom wall. And yes, I even went to Space Camp. "

" Anyone who achieves any kind of success, however you want to define it, sometimes can't let go of it. "

" The goal is not to do business with everybody who needs what you have. The goal is to do business with people who believe what you believe. "

" I have been inspired by Martin Luther King and how he inspired a movement. I have learned that a cause must be organic; if it is to have an impact it must belong to those who join the movement and not those who lead it. "

" Notoriously outspoken, his sentences always punctuated with profanities, General George S. Patton was the epitome of what a leader should be like - or so he thought. Patton believed a leader should look and act tough, so he cultivated his image and his personality to match his philosophy. "

" The challenge of the unknown future is so much more exciting than the stories of the accomplished past. "

" Money is a short-term result that incentivizes short-term decision making. "

" Pilots, to a large degree, are like salesmen. They have to be confident to be good at their jobs. They have to practice relentlessly and plan out all the scenarios of the things that could happen when they're out there. Nothing is more important than preparation. They are also mighty competitive, both as individuals and as squadrons. "

" Leaders who fail are the ones who do it by themselves. Leaders who succeed are the ones who allow others to help them. "

" If you hire people just because they can do a job, they'll work for your money. But if you hire people who believe what you believe, they'll work for you with blood, sweat, and tears. "

" Any parent who tells their kids that they can't attend a school play or go to a soccer match because they have to work is kidding themselves. It's OK to miss a game or two or a performance here and there, but it's not all right to miss the majority of them. "

" You'll never see the president carry his own luggage, and why? Because even though we know he has luggage, it would reduce his stature if he was too much like us. We need to think of our leaders as being above us, even though they must still relate to us. "

" If no one ever broke the rules, then we'd never advance. "

" I don't enjoy eating humble pie; it never tastes good. But I do appreciate it when it happens. "

" Pilots have their names painted just beneath the canopy of their aircraft. This gives the pilot a sense of ownership for his or her jet. What's more, like cars, each aircraft has its own personality, so it's important for a pilot to get to know and love his aircraft. "

" The Democrats' response throughout the healthcare debate? Give the people more statistics. "

" There are two types of claims: those based on hard numbers and those based on slippery numbers. "

" Believing that your competition is stronger and better than you pushes you to better yourselves. "

" I couldn't understand why my productivity went down when I had deliberately made more time available to write. Then I realized it was because I wasn't flying as much. "

" TiVo and other digital recording devices have confounded advertisers. The ad industry sees the technology as a threat to their product. "

" Most years, if you were to ask me how much I make, the genuine answer is that I have no clue. I usually find out the answer to that question once a year, at tax time, when my accountant tells me. "

" Great leaders don't need to act tough. Their confidence and humility serve to underscore their toughness. "

" There is not a single one of us with a job that is not completely reliant in some way shape or form on others. "

" I like stories of the classic hero, of good versus evil, the ones in which the good guys wear white and the bad guys wear black... and I love a good sword fight. "

" Humility, I have learned, must never be confused with meekness. Humility is being open to the ideas of others. "

" The U.S. Constitution protects our privacy from the prying eyes of government. It does not, however, protect us from the prying eyes of companies and corporations. "

" A leader's job is not to do the work for others, it's to help others figure out how to do it themselves, to get things done, and to succeed beyond what they thought possible. "

" The strong bond of friendship is not always a balanced equation; friendship is not always about giving and taking in equal shares. Instead, friendship is grounded in a feeling that you know exactly who will be there for you when you need something, no matter what or when. "