Tom Peters

Almost all quality improvement comes via simplification of design, manufacturing... layout, processes, and procedures.

Give a lot, expect a lot, and if you don't get it, prune.

Leaders don't create followers, they create more leaders.

I thank Marc Jacobs so much for giving me the opportunity to design a shoe for Louis Vuitton, but the thing that broke my heart most was when they said, 'You're finished. The shoe's finished.'

I just had an idea that went right over my head.

In big science, the role of the individual scientist must be carefully preserved. So is the one of original ideas and of contributions.