We do not need Departments of Commerce, Labor, and Education; we need a single Department of Skills that will promote an integrated approach to global competitiveness.

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.

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

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

The average smartphone user checks his or her device every six and a half minutes.

I sit and think with a drink about how I'm gonna win.

Integrity is keeping a commitment even after circumstances have changed.

It's only a hitch when you're in a slump. When you're hitting the ball its called rhythm.

Behind the aesthetic form lies the repressed harmony of sensuousness and reason

I would never be fearful of any character.

You do it a day at a time. You write as well as you can, you put it in the mail, you leave it under submission, you never leave it at home.

You know the rule: If you are falling, dive. Do the thing that has to be done.

I was in Yorkshire. We were a family of five and I used to be sent sometimes to get the rations for the week and was easily able to carry them back. It was like one egg and a tiny bit of tea.

Anybody that walks can sing.