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Quotes by Businessman

"Any corporate policy and plan which is typical of the industry is doomed to mediocrity. Where this is not so, it should be possible to demonstrate that all other competitors are at a distinct disadvantage."

"Whenever you're successful you owe that success to the people in the community, because they are the ones buying your product."

"I had to do what I had to do to keep my family alive. Period."

"We have seen that in this country in the last few years, particularly on Wall Street, with the rise of the old human frailty of greed. This occurs when people begin to serve only their own needs to the detriment of everyone else."

"I'm the one who made many of the bold comments that we'd seen the technologies from AMD as pretty good. Their technology in many areas was leading. But those are transient."

"Believe it can be done. When you believe something can be done, really believe, your mind will find the ways to do it. Believing a solution paves the way to solution."

"When our most important issue is the debt that we're piling on our children and grandchildren, I think it's pretty helpful to have someone in the U.S. Senate who has actually managed billions of dollars and knows how to cut billions of dollars."

"Leadership is the key to 99 percent of all successful efforts."

"I don't know the time frame exactly, but it's clear they're all going to want to start spending money again."

"If you feel like it's difficult to change, you will probably have a harder time succeeding."

"When you say "I wrote a program that crashed Windows," people just stare at you blankly and say "Hey, I got those with the system, for free.""

"If you're soft and fuzzy, like our little characters, you become the skinny kid on the beach, and people in this business don't mind kicking sand in your face."

"I don't have any illusions that what we are doing is sticking the the bottle. I don't think that's what we are doing. We are trying to make sure that the genie has friends, has food to eat, a way to grow."

"I am blessed for what I have, but I believed in it from the beginning. Today, the dream is the same: I still want to travel, I still want to entertain, and I most certainly still want to have fun."


"In time of war steamships and improved arms are the most important things."

"There may be some backward countries where the mass of the people are on a subsistence level and where, as an aftermath of wars or partial crop failures, the standard of living has to be drastically reduced, but this certainly is not the case in our prosperous nations."

"I quit being afraid when my first venture failed and the sky didn't fall down."

"In the past a leader was a boss. Today's leaders must be partners with their people... they no longer can lead solely based on positional power."


"The basic principle which I believe has contributed more than any other to the building of our business as it is today, is the ownership of our company by the people employed in it."

"The ultimate function of prophecy is not to tell the future, but to make it. Your successful past will block your visions of the future."

"There would not be enough talent that's educated, developed and ready to take on the next leadership challenge, and it would cap our growth. Now we've put programs in place not to have that happen, but that could be a weakness."

"Many people do not realize that where unions have bargaining rights employers cannot raise wages or improve benefit plans any more than they can reduce them without of the consent of the union."

"I think it's critical that you feel you're working for a person who is committed to advancing your career."

"The Internet is really about highly specialized information, highly specialized targeting."


"The design of each element should be thought out in order to be easy to make and easy to repair."

"Too many leaders act as if the sheep... their people... are there for the benefit of the shepherd, not that the shepherd has responsibility for the sheep."

"If the money we donate helps one child or can ease the pain of one parent, those funds are well spent."

"What it meant to me: a happy life, of course, companionship, of course. A common objective, I think."

"My commitment to Atlanta and passion for sports and competition make this acquisition a perfect fit for me."


"The over-all point is that new technology will not necessarily replace old technology, but it will date it. By definition. Eventually, it will replace it. But it's like people who had black-and-white TVs when color came out. They eventually decided whether or not the new technology was worth the investment."


"Well, it's the last step of the civil rights movement: You know, wrap your hands around some money, right?"

"I blink January's lashesand gush down December's cheeks."

"This demonstration of power, indifferent to the law, is highly dangerous."

"In every aspect of life, including the economic dimension, we are always challenged to do the right thing. In many cases in the market system, which allows a great deal of latitude for human choice, people can get carried away to excess."

"A balanced program for tax reform based upon the common sense idea of lowering taxes out of surplus revenues."

"People are surprised to find out that an awful lot of people think that they're idiots."

"The marketplace can handle this. The laws are there. The courts have shown a consistent ability to find a balance between copyright owners and copyright users."

"You will find truth more quickly through delight than gravity. Let out a little more string on your kite."

"And our size: The company this year is going to be close to $50 billion, so if that's the case and you can continue to grow that fast, I would rather put my energies to solving customer problems and growing our business than worrying about integrating and laying people off."

"She says that I wore some pretty sexy leather pants to that first meeting, but I don't remember."

"The sun stands for energy and youth, which is what I thought the circus should be about."

"I am happy to donate funds to various organizations that help people in need."

"I will not be in the position of having management dictated to by labor."
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