#hi

The luckiest thing that ever happened to me was that my father didn't believe in God, and so he had no hang-ups about souls. ↗

— James D. Watson

#believe #ever #father #god #had

Really big people are, above everything else, courteous, considerate and generous - not just to some people in some circumstances - but to everyone all the time. ↗

— Thomas J. Watson

#big #circumstances #considerate #courteous #else

All the problems of the world could be settled easily if men were only willing to think. The trouble is that men very often resort to all sorts of devices in order not to think, because thinking is such hard work. ↗

— Thomas J. Watson

#could #devices #easily #hard #hard work

If you want to achieve excellence, you can get there today. As of this second, quit doing less-than-excellent work. ↗

— Thomas J. Watson

#doing #excellence #get #quit #second

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

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. ↗

— Thomas John Watson, Sr.

#controversy #crackpot #danger #expose #fear

Recently, I was asked if I was going to fire an employee who made a mistake that cost the company $600,000. No, I replied, I just spent $600,000 training him. Why would I want somebody to hire his experience? ↗

— Thomas John Watson, Sr.

#company #cost #employee #experience #fire

God put me on this earth to accomplish a certain number of things. Right now I am so far behind that I will never die. ↗

— Bill Watterson

#am #behind #certain #die #earth

The last thing we want is politicians running newspapers, but so too we don't want newspapers running the government. ↗

— Thomas Watson, Jr.

#last #newspapers #politicians #running #thing

The web of influence which News Corporation spun in Britain, which effectively bent politicians, police and many others in public life to its will, amounted to a shadow state. ↗

— Thomas Watson, Jr.

#bent #britain #corporation #effectively #influence