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My mission is not to forbid French art. If the quality is there, I buy; if the quality isn't there, I don't.
Goals give you more than a reason to get up in the morning; they are an incentive to keep you going all day.
I always like to refer managers in corporate America as the renters of the corporate assets, not the owners.
Every person on the streets of New York is a type. The city is one big theater where everyone is on display.
I'm not a Johnny-come-lately Jew. I've been around. I watch out for the Jews; I watch out for the Catholics.
I respect John Kennedy for saying that he had a dream that we'd go to the moon before the end of the decade.
As a brand marketer, I'm a big believer in 'branding the customer experience,' not just selling the service.
We have numerous examples of perseverance in the scriptures, in secular history, and in our own experiences.
All the other pleasures of life seem to wear out, but the pleasure of helping others in distress never does.
The essence of business to me is great people run great companies. Mediocre people don't do a very good job.
My connection was we never want to put ourselves in a position as a nation where we pit group against group.
If there is anything material and we're not reporting it, we'll be breaking the law. We don't break the law.
Always upbeat, always happy, always putting you in a good mood. That's what I want to achieve with my music.
The greatest good [a man] can do is to cultivate himself in order that he may be of greater use to humanity.
When Gates was active in business, he was the smartest - so focused that no company could surpass Microsoft.
We need more people to go into business and fewer wasting our lives becoming bureaucrats and civil servants.
Today, a skilled manager makes more than the owner. And owners fight each other to get the skilled managers.
The truth is, the more kind and liberal a man is, the more generous will be the patronage bestowed upon him.
Problems breed problems, and the lack of a disciplined method of openly attacking them breeds more problems.
Don't ever be enamored by what something sells for. It's more important what you get to keep in your pocket.
Actually, I bought one share of Warren Buffett's stock, probably 35 years ago, in order to read his letters.
I debated free trade in college. I came out as a free trader. I'm a free markets guy. I'm an Adam Smith guy.
We want to create a kind of cycle where casual gamers are gradually growing up to become passionate players.
I think that Nintendo puts a lot more emphasis and uses the controller more than any of the other companies.
The last thing we want is for radio to say that they can't afford to play our artists and turn off the pipe.
Apple is a failure because they missed social? Nobody would say that, because they are having great success.
There is no greater legacy that we can leave our children and grandchildren than a peaceful and safer world.
Would you like me to give you a formula for success? It's quite simple, really. Double your rate of failure.
The U.S. has fallen well behind Europe in recognizing climate change and the implications of climate change.
Lafayette saw himself as the protector of royalty; they [the king and his family] considered him its gaoler.
If you are not highly educated, you will need to abandon your anxiety and fear of reading and doing research.
I was running an assembly line designed to build memory chips. I saw the microprocessor as a bloody nuisance.
Passion and standing up for things can help create a sense of unity. But you still have to act a certain way.
When people praise you, don't let it go to your head. When they criticize you, don't let it go to your heart.
We try to reward people according to the value they create, value they create in society and for the company.
Anytime a large, emergency spending bill makes its way through Congress, the potential for mischief is great.
I cannot think of a more personally rewarding and appropriate use of wealth than to give while one is living.
My time is focused on family and work. I need to find a way to spend more time with my friends - and cycling.
My father is my best friend. He's my idol and my boss. We work side by side and spend every weekend together.
I believe that my personal mission in life is to grow and contribute, so I am learning and growing every day.
You might not be able to control your circumstances, but you can control your response to your circumstances.
If we could measure the damage to corporations from gossip, it might be more than the GNP of the Third World!
Great companies are defined by their discipline and their understanding of who they are and who they are not.
We have a big opportunity in China. We think the number of stores here can rival the number in North America.
The issue of managing through a crisis is you have to be decisive even if you don't have perfect information.
Frankly, I was surprised at how generous the Japanese press has been to the idea of a foreigner running Sony.
I was very short. Everybody else was two years older in my class, and I had curly hair and was teacher's pet.
Stop viewing China like it's the Cold War. Start viewing them as a modern member of the industrialized world.
I think the idea of a traditional story being told using traditional animation is likely a thing of the past.
I realised I've got quite a talent for coming up with ideas for design. I've got so many ideas about fashion.