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I left the golden age of documentaries to go into the golden days of the 'CBS Evening News.' You could see that the audiences were eroding.
Marry me. You can have all the money and credit cards you want, and the glory of being Mrs Packer, but you've got to let me do what I want.
We measured our success not just by how much money we made, but by how much we contributed to the community. It was a two-part bottom line.
How do you know you have won? When the energy is coming the other way and when your people are visibly growing individually and as a group.
The United States needs an energy policy that ensures America's tax, trade, regulatory and access policies are transparent and predictable.
The Lord will never forsake or abandon anyone, You may abandon him, but he will not abandon you. You never need to feel that you are alone.
Each night before I go to bed, I take out a small card and write a list of the things I need to do the next day in order of their priority.
Missionaries labor diligently to teach and baptize those who accept the gospel. In the process, their own testimonies become deeply rooted.
Pondering, which means to weigh mentally, to deliberate, to meditate, can achieve the opening of the spiritual eyes of one's understanding.
Though our trials are diverse, there is one thing the Lord expects of us no matter our difficulties and sorrows: He expects us to press on.
What is Oracle? It's people. We rely on our HR department to build this organization, to help find those people, to help grow those people.
Most people are looking for security, a nice, safe, prosperous future. And there's nothing wrong with that. It's called the American Dream.
It doesn't matter how many times you fail. You only have to be right once and then everyone can tell you that you are an overnight success.
It sounds cheesy, but if you are having fun, people will love your company, you will be more successful, and more ideas will come your way.
The process of competitively selecting contractors to perform work is based on a system of rewards and penalties, all distributed randomly.
Quality is the result of a carefully constructed cultural environment. It has to be the fabric of the organization, not part of the fabric.
I have also made this a point in our company: We need to stop taking baby steps and start thinking globally. It really seems to be helping.
There is slow growth, but it is positive slow growth. At the same time, ratios of debt-to-incomes go down. That's a beautiful deleveraging.
In China anything less than 6% growth is a recession meaning that it also causes financial problems and it's disruptive and it's a problem.
I never aspired to be a public figure. I have always been interested primarily in real business and the development of business strategies.
If I could embed a locator chip in my child right now, I know I would do that. Some people call that Big Brother; I call it being a father.
Sashi will assume the general counsel responsibilities formerly held by Paul Vance, who is leaving the franchise after 18 years of service.
We're very focused in on outcomes for government with respect to the amount of tax that goes in and the amount of expenditures that go out.
Nest is one vertical implementation of a set of smart products for the home. But we will support other peoples smart products for the home.
It's going to cost trillions of dollars to rework the energy sources all over the world. Were going to have to move away from fossil fuels.
I'm not an actor who appears on the stage and gives people advice on how to live or what to do and entertains them. It is not my specialty.
In Asia, red is the colour of joy; red is the colour of festivities and of celebration. In Chinese culture, blue is the colour of mourning.
It's unreasonable to expect medical doctors and pharmaceutical companies to tell you how to avoid their services by trying the alternatives.
Tinder's fascinating to me. I wish it was around when I was single and not on television because I can't imagine doing it when you're on TV.
I would never diminish the quality of Hermes. Hermes can be an even rarer and greater quality business, if they ever wanted to work with us.
Creating a strong business and building a better world are not conflicting goals - they are both essential ingredients for long-term success
There are now unmistakeable signs of a trend in favor of superior products at premium prices. The consumer is not a moron, she is your wife.
Cantonese, which has up to nine tones as opposed to the five in Mandarin, is much more versatile and one of the richest dialects in Chinese.
I'm not the hands-on guy. I like writing the check, and I turn it over to the guys that make it happen, much like the way I ran my business.
Gardeners instinctively know that flowers and plants are a continuum and that the wheel of garden history will always be coming full circle.
Why would you want to stay manager and be second-guessed by me when you can come up into the front-office and be one of the second-guessers?
No matter what his position or experience in life, there is in everyone more latent than developed ability; far more unused than used power.
A company like DreamWorks, all we do is make product. That's all we do. We don't own distribution. We are purely in the creation of content.
I like that Ben & Jerry's is willing to speak out about social and political issues that aren't always safe - but are the right thing to do.
Most men act so tough and strong on the outside because on the inside, we are scared, weak, and fragile. Men, not women, are the weaker sex.
If I died tomorrow, I would regret growing so wealthy and still running the business when there are so many more people I could have helped.
I'm an independent, straight in the middle. I've donated to candidates that I thought would be good that are Republican and Democrats alike.
Yes, everyone deserves to have national health care in a great nation such as ours. We just need to find ways to do it and not be overtaxed.
I know why there must be opposition in all things. Adversity, if handled correctly, can be a blessing in our lives. We can learn to love it.
Self-control is one mark of a mature person; it applies to control of language, physical treatment of others, and the appetites of the body.
I have a fear of public speaking. It's very hard work. Words are not my skill, and because they're not my skill, I have to work doubly hard.
I like the world, but I feel very, very Italian. I love the small parts of my country: Tuscany, Capri in the winter. I don't like big towns.
Culture is very important to the Mavs.... It isn't about who talks the most or the loudest. It is about the demeanor and attitude he brings.
We all have a history of digital texts, posts, messages, reposts/tweets that are sitting out there and can be used by anyone for any reason.
My first business was a retro-gaming site where you'd go and play all these cool old-school games. It was a good idea but ahead of its time.