It is not about bits, bytes and protocols, but profits, losses and margins.

If life was so easy that you could just go buy success, there would be a lot more successful companies in the world. Successful enterprises are built from the ground up.

The last thing IBM needs right now is a vision.

In the end an organization is nothing more than the collective capacity of its people to create value.

People don't do what you expect but what you inspect.

You don't get points for predicting rain. You get points for building arks.

Watch the turtle. He only moves forward by sticking his neck out.

The rewards system is a powerful driver of behavior and therefore culture.

When I arrived at IBM, there were 'Team' signs all around. I asked, 'How do people get paid?' They told me, 'We pay people based on individual performance.

We built this company from the customer back, not from the company out.

Everything starts with the customer.

Unbeing dead isn't being alive.

Learning is the only game worth playing in life.

I guess the whole world is made up of things coming together and things falling apart,

When you meet a person as good-hearted as a child, don't ever be selfish, just give them your best and you will become great friends.

Our parents are always an important part of our inner life.

No more Lastrygonians.” Ella fluttered down and landed next to them. “Six minus six is zero. Spears are good for subtraction, yep.

If a person is stupid, we excuse him by saying that he cannot help it; but if we attempted to excuse in precisely the same way the person who is bad, we should be laughed at.

There is enough light for those who only desire to see, and enough obscurity for those who have a contrary disposition

Your personal philosophy is the greatest determining factor in how your life works out.

I like to feel that every day or most days, I do a little bit of writing. I am a creature of habit in terms of the way I live.