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Quotes by Businessman
"But I can't take responsibility for criminal conduct of somebody inside the company."
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"They say Formula One is a market which it can't be, obviously. Our market is independent, it's a sport."
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"It appears that the English think the Japanese... are fond of opium, and they want to bring it here also."
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"The Falstaff people, romantics all, went for it. They were so anxious to find out what I was going to do that they could hardly bear to wait out the two weeks. I was rather anxious to find out what I was going to do, too."
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"Twenty years and $40 billion. They seem like good round numbers."
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"So when we go into a large hardware bid, there is usually a services component that is part of that. So as we enter these deals, we tend to talk about the capabilities and what else needs to be done, and from there the bid might expand beyond hardware to the services."
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"When you don't have kids and you're in a Catholic family - one of my sisters had 10 children in 11 years - she's part rabbit - you feel kind of guilty about that. So, I want to do things for other people's children."
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"When I was growing up there was a product made by Sony called the Sony Walkman - a rage, everyone had to have one. Well, you don't hear about the Walkman anymore."
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"Where we have been incorrect in what we have done, then I think we have an obligation to settle."
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"Our business in life is not to get ahead of others, but to get ahead of ourselves."
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"We want a marriage with our customers, not a relationship."
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"I think most of us sense that it is a responsibility of the humanities to try to help better the conduct of human beings in their lives and manifold professional activities."
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"We've demonstrated a strong track record of being very disciplined with the use of our cash. We don't let it burn a hole in our pocket, we don't allow it to motivate us to do stupid acquisitions. And so I think that we'd like to continue to keep our powder dry, because we do feel that there are one or more strategic opportunities in the future."
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"You will be able to program a robot to follow a track on the ground and manipulate a hand. You can also write little programs that will give the robots goals."
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"Maybe I'm less sensitive to these issues because I see that what people need first is economic security, and only when they have that can they afford to focus on human rights."
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"For a long time, we've worked on detecting planets with whatever was at hand, making use of existing small telescopes or even amateur telescopes. It's time to move on to the next stage."
Time,
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"Every great man, every successful man, no matter what the field of endeavor, has known the magic that lies in these words: every adversity has the seed of an equivalent or greater benefit."
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"The reason we have not gone to newspapers is because its a slow growth industry and I think they are dying. I'm not sure there will be newspapers in 10 years. I read newspapers every day. I even read Murdoch's Wall Street Journal."
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"It is futile to talk too much about the past... like trying to make birth control retroactive."
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"Take risks. Ask big questions. Don't be afraid to make mistakes; if you don't make mistakes, you're not reaching far enough."
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"People think of us as an information distributor because that's how they relate to the Internet. But most of the time people already have pretty well established opinions."
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"Vision is perhaps our greatest strength... it has kept us alive to the power and continuity of thought through the centuries, it makes us peer into the future and lends shape to the unknown."
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"I did tell security to make sure you stay and watch him pretty closely."
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"They have a fine breeze and are now we hope, well on their way."
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"You can't work on 15 problems at the same time."
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"Also, it is interesting that developing countries, with China and India perhaps in the lead, where the future of the global environment will be decided are now on board with the case for sustainable development."
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"Edsel is the artist in our family. Art is something I know nothing about."
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"I think that any reporter or columnist will be a little more careful when doing interviews with me."
Will,
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"Commit yourself to quality from day one... it's better to do nothing at all than to do something badly."
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"But why shouldn't I speak out? Don't you speak out in this country?"
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"When the ambassadors of other foreign countries come to Japan to make treaties, they can be told that such and such a treaty has been made with the ambassador of the United States, and they will rest satisfied with this."
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"The nuclear industry has this amazing record, even equipment from generations one and two. But nuclear mishaps tend to come in these big events - Chernobyl, Three Mile Island, and now Fukushima - so it's more visible."
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"I think the harder you work, the more luck you have."
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"Most of the services staff is for the larger corporations, not so much for small and medium businesses because they cannot afford an extensive services army."
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"Focus is saying no to 1,000 good ideas."
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"Each Wal-Mart store should reflect the values of its customers and support the vision they hold for their community."
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"We are all proud of having thus contributed to the heretofore magnificent successes of our army."
Army,
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"If you have ideas, you have the main asset you need, and there isn't any limit to what you can do with your business and your life. Ideas are any man's greatest asset."
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"Live daringly, boldly, fearlessly. Taste the relish to be found in competition - in having put forth the best within you."
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"Keep the problems of clients and prospects confidential. Divulge information only with their consent."
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"The possible is constantly being redefined, and I care deeply about helping humanity move forward."
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"In the old days, people used to risk their lives in India or in the Americas in order to bring back products which now seem to us to have been of comically little worth."
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"If your support the community, they will support you."
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"DOS is ugly and interferes with users' experience."
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"If you want to increase your success rate, double your failure rate."
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"Followers are the customers of the Higher Ground Leader, who strives to meet or exceed the outer and inner needs of followers."
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