I used to know Jennifer Love Hewitt. We lived in the same apartment building when I was about... jeez I guess it was when I was doing 'Christmas Vacation' so I was about 13 or 14.

One Christmas build-up tradition however has totally bypassed me - that of going up to town and 'doing a show.'

It may be a cliche but it's true - the build-up to Christmas is so much more pleasurable than the actual day itself.

There's an adage that is an apt description of the new dynamic at work between brands and consumers connected through social media: People support what they help to build. But now that many brands are launching community-driven cause marketing campaigns the challenge becomes what to do next?

If you want to build a ship don't drum up people to collect wood and don't assign them tasks and work but rather teach them to long for the endless immensity of the sea.

Let not him who is houseless pull down the house of another but let him work diligently and build one for himself thus by example assuring that his own shall be safe from violence when built.

The men and women of Afghanistan are building a nation that is free and proud and fighting terror - and America is honored to be their friend.

As I visited the various neighborhoods in the campaign I learned fast that it's a mistake to think that all of the wisdom and possible solutions to our problems are available only in this building.

To build a great company which is a CEO's job sometimes you have to stand up against conventional wisdom.

It is the neglect of timely repair that makes rebuilding necessary.