39 ordspråk av Thomas J. Watson, Sr.
Thomas J. Watson, Sr.
A manager is an assistant to his men.
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All the problems of the world could be settled if people were only willing to think. The trouble is that people very often resort to all sorts of devices in order not to think, because thinking is such hard work.
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Don't make friends who are comfortable to be with. Make friends who will force you to lever yourself up.
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Every time we've moved ahead in IBM, it was because someone was willing to take a chance, put his head on the block, and try something new.
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Follow the path of the unsafe, independent thinker. Expose your ideas to the danger of controversy. Speak your mind and fear less the label of 'crackpot'' than the stigma of conformity.
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God made man of the dust of the earth and man makes a god of the dust of the earth
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I think there is a world market for maybe five computers.
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If you aren't playing well, the game isn't as much fun. When that happens I tell myself just to go out and play as I did when I was a kid.
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If you stand up and be counted, from time to time you may get yourself knocked down. But remember this: A man flattened by an opponent can get up again. A man flattened by conformity stays down for good.
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If you want to achieve excellence, you can get there today. As of this second, quit doing less-than-excellent work.
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If you want to achieve excellence, you can get there today. As of this second, quit doing less-than-excellent work.
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Knowledge without repentance will be but a torch to light men to hell
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Knowledge without repentance will be but a torch to light men to hell
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Let them fear death who do not fear sin
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Life isn't all beer and skittles, but beer and skittles, or something better of the same sort, must form a good part of every Englishman's education.
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