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title: "5 Collections Quotes By Tom Peters"
description: "5 Collections quotes by Tom Peters. Plus more from Tom Peters and more Collections sayings from other authors."
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> [A good collection is more than just the sum of its parts.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-peters/a-good-collection-is-more-than-just-the-sum-of-its-parts/)

[Tom Peters](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-peters/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/00a/tom-peters-967_collection_a-good-collection-is-more-than-just-the_47003.png)

> [Every collection reflects the ideas andvalues and interests of the individual or group who developed the collection.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-peters/every-collection-reflects-the-ideas-andvalues-and-interests-of-the/)

[Tom Peters](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-peters/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e63/tom-peters-967_collection_every-collection-reflects-the-ideas-andv_371914.png)

> [Books were rare,expensive, time-consuming to create and copy, and difficult to transport. That is why collections ofprint-based books developed around centers of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-peters/books-were-rare-expensive-time-consuming-to-create-and-copy-and/)

[Tom Peters](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-peters/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d20/tom-peters-967_belief_books-were-rare-expensive-time-consuming_614320.jpg)

> [Collections of books and other documents, either printed or electronic, are a form of congregation.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-peters/collections-of-books-and-other-documents-either-printed-or-electronic/)

[Tom Peters](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-peters/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/628/tom-peters-967_book_collections-of-books-and-other-documents_1728450.png)

> [Now it is much faster and cheaper to bring thedocument to the user, rather than ask the user to come to the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-peters/now-it-is-much-faster-and-cheaper-to-bring-thedocument-to-the-user/)

[Tom Peters](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-peters/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/198/tom-peters-967_asks_now-it-is-much-faster-and-cheaper-to-bri_2004691.png)

## Other authors on Collections

## More by Tom Peters

> [The market may never coalesce around one basic design, or even around two or three dominant devices.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-peters/the-market-may-never-coalesce-around-one-basic-design-or-even-around/)

[Tom Peters](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-peters/)

> [If, as I anticipate, a wide array of personal, portable information/communication devices becomes increasingly important and widespread for information-intensive users, it will be a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-peters/if-as-i-anticipate-a-wide-array-of-personal-portable-information/)

[Tom Peters](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-peters/)

> [Anybody who is an entrepreneur is a person who essentially has impaired judgment. The odds of success are zilch.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-peters/anybody-who-is-an-entrepreneur-is-a-person-who-essentially-has/)

[Tom Peters](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-peters/)

> [Remember my mantra: distinct... or extinct.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-peters/remember-my-mantra-distinct-or-extinct/)

[Tom Peters](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-peters/)

> [A good collection is more than just the sum of its parts.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-peters/a-good-collection-is-more-than-just-the-sum-of-its-parts/)

[Tom Peters](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-peters/)

> [Leaders' careers will usually be determined by their handling of one or two critical events that no one could possibly anticipate or plan for.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-peters/leaders-careers-will-usually-be-determined-by-their-handling-of-one/)

[Tom Peters](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-peters/)

> [I don't know what it means to manage the human imagination, but I do know that imagination is the main source of value in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-peters/i-don-t-know-what-it-means-to-manage-the-human-imagination-but-i-do/)

[Tom Peters](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-peters/)

> [Hire disrespectful people.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-peters/hire-disrespectful-people/)

[Tom Peters](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-peters/)

> [Hire for attitude. Train for skill... More](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-peters/hire-for-attitude-train-for-skill-more/)

[Tom Peters](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-peters/)

> [If there is a single tragic flaw that mars our biggest enterprises, it is conservatism - the failure to fail, and fail big, in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-peters/if-there-is-a-single-tragic-flaw-that-mars-our-biggest-enterprises-it/)

[Tom Peters](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-peters/)

> [Think about the market, think about the design, and think about who is going to design for that market. Hit the mark.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-peters/think-about-the-market-think-about-the-design-and-think-about-who-is/)

[Tom Peters](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-peters/)

> [“The “Excellence Standard” is not about Grand Outcomes. In Zenlike terms, all we have is today. If the day’s work cannot be assessed as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-peters/the-excellence-standard-is-not-about-grand-outcomes-in-zenlike-terms/)

[Tom Peters](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-peters/)

> [The day firing becomes easy is the day to fire yourself.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-peters/the-day-firing-becomes-easy-is-the-day-to-fire-yourself/)

[Tom Peters](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-peters/)

> [Only pissed-off people change the world.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-peters/only-pissed-off-people-change-the-world/)

[Tom Peters](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-peters/)

> [What you decide not to do is probably more important that what you decide to do.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-peters/what-you-decide-not-to-do-is-probably-more-important-that-what-you/)

[Tom Peters](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-peters/)

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