#about

The toughest thing about the power of trust is that it's very difficult to build and very easy to destroy. The essence of trust building is to emphasize the similarities between you and the customer. ↗

— Thomas J. Watson

#between #build #building #customer #destroy

I think we're probably only about halfway through the number of revelations. I'm pretty certain there will be quite detailed stuff on other uses of covert surveillance. I suspect that emails will be the next scandal. And devices that track people moving around. That's just starting to come out. ↗

— Tom A. Watson

#around #certain #come #covert #detailed

One cannot imagine St. Francis of Assisi talking about rights. ↗

— Simone Weil

#cannot #francis #imagine #rights #talking

We can only know one thing about God - that he is what we are not. Our wretchedness alone is an image of this. The more we contemplate it, the more we contemplate him. ↗

— Simone Weil

#alone #contemplate #god #him #image

But at this phase of my life, I want to write and not have to think about whether a song is going to be a hit. I want to explore the music that inspires me, and I don't want to ape myself. ↗

— Scott Weiland

#ape #explore #going #hit #i

And when we used to play and fight in the streets in Brooklyn and I would get hurt or something, my mother would always come out and save me. So that sort of postponed the inevitable about getting a good beating, without having somebody to come and save you. ↗

— Sanford I. Weill

#always #beating #brooklyn #come #fight

I read a lot, but I read about the areas that I'm interested in. ↗

— Sanford I. Weill

#areas #i #interested #lot #read

I've been involved with Carnegie Hall for the last 13 years, and Chairman for the last six. I feel really good about what we've done growing our educational programs there, building a board that has made Carnegie Hall really a world-class institution. ↗

— Sanford I. Weill

#been #board #building #carnegie #carnegie hall

My mother really didn't know a heck of a lot about business. She was a very good mother, that made sure we ate right and we had our cod liver oil, but didn't know a heck of a lot about what I did. ↗

— Sanford I. Weill

#ate #business #did #good #good mother

Our company is working with Disney to create a game for children between the ages of maybe four and 12, so we can teach them what the capitalist system is all about. ↗

— Sanford I. Weill

#ages #between #capitalist #children #company