We're not in cultures which support learning; we're in cultures that give us the message consistently: "Don't mess up, don't make mistakes, don't make the boss look bad, don't give us any surprises." So we're asking for a kind of… — Walter Wriston Copy Share Image
Capital goes where it is welcome and stays where it is well treated. — Walter Wriston Copy Share Image
Rising prices or wages do not cause inflation; they only report it. They represent an essential form of economic speech, sincemoney isjust another form… — Walter Wriston Copy Share Image
It is a maxim of cryptology that what one man can devise, another can unravel. This principle keeps armies of tax lawyers and accountants… — Walter Wriston Copy Share Image
The information revolution has changed people's perception of wealth. We originally said that land was wealth. Then we thought it was industrial production. Now… — Walter Wriston Copy Share Image
The person who figures out how to harness the collective genius of his or her organization is going to blow the competition away. — Walter Wriston Copy Share Image
There'll be a growing disparity between economics and politics. An economy that grows so rapidly is intractably global. On the other hand, the current… — Walter Wriston Copy Share Image
I walk into all these organizations, and I'm always puzzled when I realize that people still want to be there. Most people really want… — Walter Wriston Copy Share Image
The greatest testimony to the human spirit that I'm witnessing now is the fact that people still come back to work, after all that… — Walter Wriston Copy Share Image
A truly global economy, as opposed to the multinational economy of the recent past, will require concessions of national power ... that seemed impossible… — Walter Wriston Copy Share Image
Judgment comes from experience - and experience comes from bad judgment. — Walter Wriston Copy Share Image
One man saying that everything is wrong can command coast-to-coast attention in living color, a power not given to an absolute monarch a century… — Walter Wriston Copy Share Image
