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Don't listen to you customers. They don't know what they want anyway.
Broken institutions are an opportunity rather than a time to go home.
I thank my mother, Terezinha, for the power of her transforming love.
Relationships between men and women have become much more complicated.
I don't think about financial success as the measurement of my success.
IBM existed a good 50 years before mainframes - we started with scales.
When I think of revenue growth, I think of the words 'mix' and 'shift.'
Even in large corporations, smaller ideas may not get enough resources.
I don't know what a world would be like if you do away with sexy images.
Actually, my parents were separated by the time I was about 2 years old.
Big data is indeed a buzzword but it is one that is frankly under-hyped.
Most people sell stock to pay taxes, but I didn't want to sell any stock.
The very first stock I bought right out of college was Berkshire Hathaway.
India... what a big part you play in this story for IBM and for the world.
I didn't make 'The Sixth Sense' because I thought the ending wouldn't work!
I'd guess that 80 percent of the people who work for Playboy are feminists.
It's not unusual for someone running for Senate in Illinois to come see me.
You should always say exactly what you think directly to people all the time.
I don't think 'Playboy' would have been successfully started on either coast.
Ask yourself when you learn the most. I guarantee it's when you felt at risk.
One of the most important topics I think for us all to work on is job creation.
We want to nurture startups on our platform, just like we did in the old world.
I love women. I've always cared about making movies about women my entire career.
The ability to please your shareholders comes because of what you do for clients.
It's astonishing how many people who direct action don't know how to tell a story.
I had higher math SATs than in English - yet I became an English major in college.
I didn't have the luxury of devoting myself entirely to not-for-profit activities.
I've always believed that you need to find interactive applications on the Internet.
If you're clear on what you believe, you have a great foundation to go make a market.
You build your own strategy. You don't define it by what another competitor is doing.
As I tell all our folks, the only reason we exist - make no mistake - is our clients.
Microsoft does platform, not really infrastructure, and they do a little bit of Saas.
Nightclubs are a small-revenue business that go through pretty fast popularity cycles.
I don't think anybody's just B2B or B2C anymore. You are B2I - business to individual.
Planes don't fly, trains don't run, banks don't operate without much of what IBM does.
It will not be a world of man versus machine. It will be a world of man plus machines.
I believed deeply that digital was an empowering opportunity for Playboy, not a threat.
This century, the 21st century, will be the Indian century - and I really believe that.
India will not be at the center - it will be the center of this fourth technology shift.
I accept full responsibility for what I wrote and apologize to everyone who was offended.
My father is not that comfortable with children, but he's a terrific father for an adult.
I always studied because I knew I had to. I needed to survive and take care of my mother.
Common sense will always prevail. America will advance the agenda for the greatest minds.
Above and beyond, not only are we an innovation company, we are in service of our clients.
Work will take everything you give it. It's up to you to work out what you want to give it.
You will have many more goals in the years ahead. But do not confuse a goal with a purpose.
The truth is that technology is only valuable if it helps you run your organization better.
The truth is, that what women have to do is not work for less money. They have to walk away.
I've always believed that a goal in life is not to own a boat but have a friend with a boat.
I learned to always take on things I'd never done before. Growth and comfort do not coexist.