"The heart pointed to the brain and said with great disdain, "Those who live their lives in here live the lives most full of fear."

"I get this buzz every time I'm quoted online. The ego high... yes... but also a Google Alert."

"I'm friends with a guy who is friends with a former Playboy model. So I guess you could say I'm 1 degree away from 212 degrees."

"When I first tried a sensory deprivation tank, people thought I had lost my mind. In fact, I had found it."

"Most startups actually start down and only go up if they catch the winds of market demand."

"The smell of new office supplies is so satisfying while being kicked out of Staples for inappropriate behavior with a file folder is so embarrassing."

"Unwavering incremental change can create remarkable and monumental results."

"A personal brand, once local and temporal, is now global and forever. That's the blessing and the curse of the internet with regards to your reputation."

"My greatest expectation is that I expect more of myself than anyone could expect."

"If your personal brand were at a trade show alongside several thousand others, how would you fare? Now scale that to the global economy."

"Part of my soul goes into each quote I write. A book of my quotes can be yours for just $19.99."

"Corporate & personal branding both require storytelling to be captivating. Stories provide context, meaning & the opportunity for relationship."

"Rebels revel in rewriting reality's restrictions."

"I surround myself with books when I write, thus surrounding myself with writers... only they don't critique me and then get up for coffee."

"Don't simply dream, create. Don't simply create, ship. Don't simply ship, dream."

"Fortune follows those who can create ideas by connecting old ones. Strong personal brands are created when connection and creation connect."

"Growing a culture requires a good storyteller. Changing a culture requires a persuasive editor."

"I'm considering writing a self-help book and giving people 20 cents to read it. This way, I can be sure they all get new paradigms."

"20% of management theories are responsible for 80% of results. That's assuming the Pareto Principle makes the cut."

"The best cure for a stick up your butt is a dog to play fetch with."

"Everyone breathing is broken. Keep breathing light into them until the stained glass collage takes your breath away."

"The most honorable part of a network are the hubs, not the nodes that lead to nowhere."

"Imagine our imaginations were limited only to the limitless. Still, it wouldn't matter without a motivation to move."

"Legacy accounting: Will you have been an asset or a liability on the world's balance sheet?"

"A hammer made of deadlines is the surest tool for crushing writer's block."

"A degree helps to a degree, but your work is largely what you create it to be."

"Not only should we encourage kids to daydream, but also to jump-in and build those dreams. Dreaming is largely lost among adults drowning in self-imposed realities."

"Creation pulls something from an abyss of nothing. Startups take the something and give it to those in the dark, at first, perhaps, for nothing."

"Those without passion are often passed and shunned."

"Look yourself in the eyes in a mirror each day. You can ignore the small voice still inside you, but your reflection will always have something to say."

"A professional headshot in front of a bookshelf says you're an intellectual. A professional headshot peeking though a bookshelf says you're probably under a restraining order."

"Metal business cards are a good investment. Especially if you were to meet Magneto. He would have no other choice but to be attracted to you."

"Get off the treadmill of consumption, replication, and mediocrity. Begin lifting the weights of creativity, originality, and success."

"Entrepreneurs often underestimate costs and overestimate rewards. But the fact that they estimate & still take action sets them apart from peers."

"Business ideas are like those flying dragons in Avatar. First you have to find one, let it choose you, then be brave enough to ride it."

"Capitalize on charm by continually captivating your customer."

"Build a valuable brand by branding what is valuable about you."

"Entrepreneurs see the "no diving" sign and back-up to get a running start."

"You can't force creatives into a box. If you try, they'll no longer be creative. And no one will want your box."

"Create lightning bolt ideas during brainstorms by causing disturbances in your atmosphere."

"Quotes are echos of voices transporting wisdom, humor, and love. Returning again to the human condition, fleeting once more as a dove."

"Do billboard salesmen record their sales on charts? If so, who's at the top of the billboard charts for billboard sales?"

"There's been a lot written on the topic of minimalism. But I still believe in it."

"Run after today, lest you run out of tomorrows."

"Let's form a committee tasked with exploring why committees are so ineffective. Then we'll stand-back and watch it argue and self-destruct."

"If you're struggling to "think outside the box remember the box is self-imposed. Who says it has to be a box? Why not a bowl of petunias?"

"Deciding which relationships to pursue can be difficult. Especially if you're trying to get hired by the Magic 8 Ball factory and that little triangle thing isn't floating right."

"Contributors and distributors tend to do better at personal branding than takers and fakers."

"A brand precedes, parallels, and leaves a path behind. What your brand will say, is saying, and has said matters more the deeper we go into the globalized, digitized, connection economy."

"My best ideas come in the shower, where I'm showered with water, but also ideas."